Results Obtained Depend On The Facts Of Each Case.

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Style: Reunion Hotel Tower/Joint Venture vs. Neosho Construction Company
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: Plaintiff sued Neosho Construction Company, Inc. for water damage to an escalator at the Reunion Hotel in downtown Dallas.  Plaintiff claimed that the sump pump and drainage system used by Neosho Construction during renovations were inadequate, and that the layout of the site caused runoff and loose sand to flow into a tunnel and damage the escalator.  Plaintiff claimed damages in excess of $100,000.00 for the cost of repair and replacement of the escalator.
Result: Based on the jury's verdict, the Court found that the Plaintiff should take nothing.

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Style: Bagby Elevator Company, Inc. vs. Mian Development Corp.
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: Bagby Elevator Company, Inc. sued Mian Development Corp. to collect its fees for money due under an elevator maintenance contract as well as fees due for specifically requested repair to the elevators at the Sterling Hotel f/k/a the Ramada Inn.  Bagby Elevator Company, Inc. also sued to collect its lost contractual profits resulting from Mian Development Corp.'s breach of the elevator maintenance contract.
Result: The jury awarded Bagby Elevator Company, Inc. $29,724.00 in actual damages plus one hundred percent of its attorneys' fees in the amount of $51,330.00 for a total award of $81,054.00.

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Style: David Mata vs. Raymond Foreman and Blake Penn
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: David Mata sued both Raymond Foreman and Blake Penn for alleged personal injuries he sustained as a result of a car accident in Dallas, Texas.  David Mata claimed that Raymond Foreman made an unsafe left turn attempting to enter a shopping center parking lot and that Blake Penn was traveling too fast for the rainy conditions.  Blake Penn brought a cross-claim against Raymond Foreman for the damage sustained to his vehicle in the amount of $14,287.30.
Result: The jury returned a verdict placing 100% liability on Raymond Foreman.  David Mata recovered nothing from Blake Penn.  The jury also awarded Blake Penn the entire amount of his claimed damages.

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Style: Wayne Cooper vs. Suprass, Inc., d/b/a A Plus Construction
Venue: Tarrant County, Texas (Arbitration)
Claims: Plaintiff claimed to have tripped and fell over stud bolts allegedly left in the floor by A Plus Construction. The accident happened at the Miller Brewing Company facility in Fort Worth, Texas. A Plus contracted with Miller disassemble a brewing line and re-locate it to another area of the plant. A Plus had stopped working in the area of the alleged fall seven months before the accident. Plaintiff had back surgery and knee replacement surgery and sought to recover for two future knee surgeries. Plaintiff also claimed that he was no longer able to work as a maintenance worker as a result of the accident. The total damages sought by Plaintiff were in excess of $2,000,000.00.
Result: A three member arbitration panel unanimously found in favor of A Plus Construction ruling that Plaintiff failed to meet his burden of proving that A Plus removed the equipment associated with the stud bolts at issue.

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Style: Health Settings Leasing, Inc., and Donald Stadler d/b/a Bio-Tek vs. Gainey Transportation Services, Inc. , Sullivan Transfer Company, Inc., and Palo Duro Freight Services, Inc.
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: Plaintiffs sought to recover approximately $400,000.00 from defendants for damage to their MRI machine under the Carmack Amendment. Plaintiffs hired Sullivan Transfer to take the MRI out of a hospital in Dallas and transport it to Ohio. Sullivan hired Gainey through Palo Duro Freight Services. Gainey contended it was Sullivan's responsibility to load and secure the MRI in its trailer and that its driver performed a proper inspection of the load for defects in securement.
Result: The Court found Plaintiffs damages to be $80,000.00. The Jury awarded an additional $45,000 in special damages against Sullivan Transfer. The Jury also found Sullivan to be 95% responsible for the damages and Gainey to be only 5% responsible for the damages.

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Style: Blas Uribe vs. Mission Petroleum Carriers, Inc., and Jose Rangel
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: Plaintiff claimed to be totally and permanently disabled as a result of being rear-ended by a gas tanker truck. Plaintiff had neck surgery, back surgery and wrist surgery as a result of the accident. Plaintiff sought in excess of $2,800,000.00 in damages for bodily injuries, past and future medical care, and loss of future earning capacity.
Result: The jury awarded Plaintiff $660,000.00 in damages.

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Style: Antonio McClure and Cecilia McClure vs. Church of Abundant Life Assemblies of God
Venue: Tarrant County, Texas (Arlington)
Claims: Tony McClure was injured in a trip and fall accident at his church in Arlington, Texas. He suffered several broken ribs, which were ultimately removed, and he was in a medically-induced coma for ten days. He incurred approximately $120,000 in medical expenses.
Result: The parties entered into a confidential pre-suit settlement.

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Style: Salomon Garay vs. Doreen Camillone vs. Olga Trejo
Venue: Tarrant County, Texas (Fort Worth)
Claims: Plaintiff was a passenger in his vehicle that was being driven by Olga Trejo, who was an unlicensed driver. Defendant counter-claimed against Plaintiff for negligent entrustment and filed a third-party claim against Olga Trejo. Plaintiff and Trejo claimed that Doreen Camillone ran a red light. Doreen Camillone claimed that Olga Trejo was not paying attention and ran a red light. Plaintiff was taken from the scene by Careflight.
Result: The jury found that Doreen Camillone was not negligent and that the accident was caused by the negligence of Salomon Garay and Olga Trejo.

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Style: RT Realty, L.P. vs. Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Beck Program Management, et al.
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: Plaintiff and Intervenors sought recovery from Defendants under numerous theories of liability for damage to the Republic Towers office building resulting from the 1995 flood of the Dallas central business district. Plaintiff claimed damages in excess of $60,000,000.00.
Result: The trial Court granted Summary Judgment in favor of Beck Program Management for all theories of liability plead by Plaintiff and Intervenors.

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Style: Zoria Mae Washington, et al. v. Acheson Colloids Company
Venue: Tarrant County, Texas
Claims: Claims were brought against Defendant by or on behalf of ten employees of a steel forge plant in the Fort Worth area, alleging that workplace exposure to an oil-based lubricant manufactured by Defendant caused the employees' health complaints and/or deaths.
Result: Defendant made a successful Daubert/Robinson challenge to Plaintiff's medical causation experts, Dr. Barry Levy and Dr. Nachman Brautbar. Plaintiffs were forced to withdraw their experts and ultimately dismissed the entire case without receiving any settlement from Defendant

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Style: Berkeley Industries, Ltd. v. Barry, Bette & Led Duke, Inc.
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: Plaintiff owns a luxury apartment complex in North Dallas. Defendant was the general contractor hired by Plaintiff to build the complex. During construction, concrete paving work was performed defectively by Defendant's subcontractor, requiring large sections of the concrete to be removed and replaced. This concrete repair work occurred while the complex was partially occupied, and Plaintiff was forced to let numerous tenants break their leases. Plaintiff sued Defendant for lost rents, and also for loss of market value to the overall complex.
Result: Plaintiff received an $850,000 settlement from Defendant.

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Style: Maynard Boughton vs. Ralph Garvin
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: Plaintiff was rear-ended by Ralph Garvin while stopped at a red light. Plaintiff claimed to have received neck and back injuries as a result of the accident. Defendant obtained a bio-mechanical evaluation of Plaintiff to determine that the impact was equivalent to a hard sneeze or cough.
Result: The jury found Plaintiff 40% responsible and awarded $0.00 in damages.

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Style: Matina Marie Till, Individually and in the Interest of the Estate of Brian Scott Chesser vs. Christopher Robertson
Venue: Grayson County, Texas (Sherman)
Claims: Matina Till filed suit as a result of the death of her minor son, Brian Chesser, who was killed as a result of being ejected from a church van being driven by Christopher Robertson. Plaintiff sought $850,000.00 in damages for the loss of her son.
Result: The case was settled for $150,000.00 after the Plaintiff was unable to seat a panel of 12 jurors due to the community's esteem for Christopher Robertson.

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Style: Jackie Funderburk and Amanda Funderburk-Fields vs. Schneider National Carriers, Inc., Bobby Haley and Aaron Grant Turner.
Venue: Hopkins County, Texas (Sulphur Springs).
Claims: Plaintiffs sought personal injury damages arising from a motor vehicle accident involving their vehicle and Defendants' tractor-trailer. Plaintiffs asked the jury to award property damage, medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering in the amount of $40,000.00.
Result: The jury found no negligence on Defendants and found that the negligence of Jackie Funderburk was the proximate cause of the accident.

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Style: Alice B. Wright vs. Calvin Daniel Stoltzfus and Gordon E. Adams
Venue: Collin County, Texas (McKinney)
Claims: Personal injury damages from a motor vehicle accident that occurred in Collin County, Texas. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendant ran a red light and struck the vehicle being driven by Alice Wright. Plaintiffs sought to recover for their medicals and property damage.
Result: The jury found no negligence on Defendants.

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Style: Tenia Cameron vs. Tyler Food Systems, Inc., d/b/a Whataburger
Venue: Grayson County, Texas (Sherman)
Claims: Personal injury damages involving a wrist injury from a slip and fall accident in the Denison Whataburger. Plaintiff alleged that she slipped on water seriously injuring her wrist, which resulted in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome and the need for surgery. Plaintiff incurred approximately $17,000.00 in medicals. Defendant counter-claimed against Plaintiff for filing a frivolous lawsuit alleging that the surgery and medical care was made necessary by an injury to Plaintiff's wrist that occurred 6 months prior to the date of the alleged slip and fall.
Result: The jury found no negligence on the part of Defendant and found that Plaintiff had filed a frivolous lawsuit. The jury awarded Defendant $500.00 in damages.

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Style: MCI Telecommunications Corporation vs. Gilbert Texas Construction Corporation
Venue: Dallas County, Texas (Federal Court)
Claims: Plaintiff sought to recover damages which resulted from a fiber optic cable cut that occurred during the construction of the DART light rail project in downtown Dallas. Defendant alleged that Plaintiff failed to mitigate its damages and was contributorily negligent in failing to properly locate and mark the cables. Plaintiff sought to recover damages in excess of $100,000.00. Defendant made a $40,000.00 settlement offer prior to trial.
Result: The jury awarded Plaintiff $6,000.00 in damages for the cable cut and the Court ordered Plaintiff to pay all court costs.

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Style: Mark D. Elliott v. Bridgette Martinez
Venue: McClellan County, Texas (Waco)
Claims: Plaintiff sought to recover for property damage allegedly suffered in a motor vehicle accident. Defendant filed a counterclaim against Plaintiff for a frivolous lawsuit.
Result: Defendant was found not to have been negligent and Plaintiff was found to have filed a frivolous lawsuit. The Court awarded $1,500.00 in damages to Defendant.

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Style: Gregory Taylor vs. Rafael Garcia and H.B. Zachry Construction Company
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: Defendant stipulated to liability for the accident. Plaintiff sought personal injury damages arising from a collision between a DART train and heavy duty front-end loader. Plaintiff was a passenger on the DART train. Plaintiff sought recovery for dental and medical expenses, including neck and back injury with a bulging disk, knee injury, hand injury and damage to teeth and bridgework. Plaintiff incurred approximately $8,500.00 in medical expenses and approximately $4,500.00 in dental expenses.
Result: The jury awarded Plaintiff $8,672.00 for medical expenses, $2,500.00 for pain and mental anguish, $15,000.00 future pain and mental anguish, and $15,000.00 future physical impairment.

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Style: Jean Hand and Howard Hand vs. Stevens Transport, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan.
Venue: Dallas County, Texas
Claims: Plaintiffs sought recovery of health care benefits under an Employee Benefit Plan provided by Howard Hand's employer, Stevens Transport. The Plan paid only 50% of Jean Hand's medical bills because she received treatment at a non-network hospital. The Hands filed an ERISA claim against the Plan, seeking to recover the unpaid portion of the medical bills.
Result: The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Stevens Transport, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan, finding that Plaintiffs' claims were barred by the contractual limitations period in the Plan, because such claims were not filed within 27 months of the date the medical bills were incurred. Plaintiffs appealed, and the trial court's summary judgment was affirmed by the Dallas Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals' opinion is reported at 83 S.W.3d 286.

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Style: Nick R. Pappajohn vs. Edward R. Evetts and Schneider National Carriers, Inc.
Venue: Tarrant County, Texas (Fort Worth)
Claims: Plaintiff sought to recover personal injury damages allegedly suffered from a motor vehicle accident in which he struck the back of trailer being hauled by Edward Evetts as he was crossing the road. Plaintiff had incurred approximately $22,000.00 in medicals at the time of trial and sought to recover future medicals in the amount of $45,000.00 for back surgery. Defendant made a $20,000.00 settlement offer prior to trial. Defendant filed a counterclaim against Plaintiff for filing a frivolous lawsuit and making a fraudulent claim for damages based on the statements of the Plaintiff's attorney that if Plaintiff's property damage did not get paid timely, Plaintiff's medical condition would only get worse than it already is.
Result: The jury found no negligence on the part of Defendants. The Court withheld from ruling on Defendant's counterclaim.


Results Obtained Depend On The Facts Of Each Case.