Case Studies

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

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

Avellan v. Methodist Hospitals of Dallas d/b/a Methodist Health System

Cause No. CC-22-03003 (Dallas County Court at Law No. 3, 2025)

The jury found that Methodist Health System breached its agreement with Dr. Avellan after she complained of pregnancy discrimination.
The jury awarded Dr. Avellan $4.1 million in lost wages.
The final judgment is still pending before the trial court.

CA No. 1:22-cv-00986 (Dist. Colo. 2025)

The jury found that HCA discriminated and retaliated against the only Black ICU nurse at the facility after she reported race discrimination.
The jury awarded $20 million to Ms. Joppy.
The final judgment is still pending before the trial court.

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

The verdict was substantially reduced by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to $248,619.57, plus interest and attorneys’ fees.
The verdict was $366 million and the largest award for an individual employment case in the history of the United States at the time of the award.
The verdict was substantially reduced by the appellate court.

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 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part. Part of the case is set for a new trial.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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