Here are examples of a few of our firm’s successful cases in which juries awarded substantial damages in verdicts.

The amounts of the verdicts are not shown because the cases settled after the verdict for a different amount.

Harris v. FedEx Corporation

CA No. 4:21-cv-1651 (S.D. Tex. 2022)

  • The jury found that FedEx retaliated against a Black manager by terminating her for reporting race discrimination.
  • The verdict was the largest award for an individual employment case in the history of the United States.
  • The verdict was substantially reduced by the appellate court.

Yarbrough, et al. v. Glow Networks

CA No. 4:19-cv-905 (E.D. Tex. 2022)

  • The jury found that Glow Networks discriminate against nine Black engineers and retaliated against a White engineer who opposed the discrimination.
  • The jury awarded $7 million to each of the engineers for a total of $70 million.
  • The trial court overturned the verdict and ruled that the engineers recover nothing from the verdict.
  • The trial court’s decision is on appeal.

Sherrod v. United Way of Tarrant County

CA No. 4:17-cv-00758-O (N.D. Tex. 2019)

  • The jury found that the corporation terminated a Vice President of Human Resources in retaliation for opposing discrimination.
  • Verdict awarding lost wages and intangible damages for wrongful termination based on retaliation in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981.

Weston v. Financial Technology Solutions International, Inc.

CA No. 3:15-cv-02440-N (N.D. Tex. 2017)

  • The jury found that the financial technology corporation retaliated and defrauded its salesperson.
  • Verdict awarding damages for fraudulent inducement in employment.

Clark v. Everlight Americas, Inc.

Case No. DC-15-05538 (95th Dist. Ct – Dallas, TX 2017)

  • The jury found that the corporation discriminated against based on age, sex, and national origin, and in retaliation for opposing discrimination.
  • Verdict awarding lost wages and intangible damages for wrongful termination based on age, sex, national origin, and retaliation in violation of the Texas Labor Code.

Nicholson v. Securitas Sec. Services USA, Inc.

830 F.3d 186 (5th Cir. 2016)

  • Reversal on appeal of a summary judgment in age discrimination case.

Videtich v. Transp. Workers Union of Am.

05-15-01449-CY, 2016 WL 7473903, (Tex. App.-Dallas Dec. 29, 2016, pet. denied)

  • Reversal on appeal of a summary judgment in a case involving a failure to pay disability benefits.

Kostic v. Texas A & M Univ. at Commerce

11 F. Supp. 3d 699 (N.D. Tex. 2014)

  • The jury found that the university wrongfully terminated a tenured professor in retaliation for opposing discrimination.
  • Verdict awarding lost wages and intangible damages for wrongful termination of a college professor in retaliation for opposing discrimination.

In re McClendon

765 F.3d 501 (5th Cir. 2014), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 1403, 191 L. Ed. 2d 361 (2015)

  • The jury found that the university wrongfully terminated a tenured professor in retaliation for opposing discrimination.
  • Verdict awarding damages for an employee defamed by his employer.

Royal v. CCC & R Tres Arboles, L.L.C.

736 F.3d 396 (5th Cir. 2013)

  • Reversal of a summary judgment in a wrongful termination in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment.

Arkoma Basin Exploration Co. v. FMF Associates 1990-A, Ltd.

249 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. 2008)

  • Verdict in an oil and gas fraud case.

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