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.
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.