Recent Verdicts

• Cimino vs. Raymark Industries, et al - This landmark asbestos consolidation of 2,298 cases resulted in over $1,000,000,000 awarded by order of the court after 18 trial case verdicts and 160 mini-trials on damages
• $457 million settlement as co-counsel in a class action lawsuit against Waste Management, Inc. alleging securities fraud, a settlement which ranks among the largest of its kind
• $302 million in settlements (to date) in the largest qui tam lawsuit of its kind brought under the False Claims Act on behalf of the United States of America, alleging oil royalties due the United States for oil production on federal and Indian owned lands were underpaid by 18 of the largest American oil companies.  Firm served as lead counsel.
• $61.5 million settlement in qui tam whistleblower lawsuit brought on behalf of the United States of America against the Boeing Co. alleging the use of defective material in gears for Army Chinook Transport helicopters resulting in the loss of Marine soldiers' lives and several helicopters.  Firm served as co-lead counsel.
• $44.5 million settlement as co-counsel in a class action lawsuit against Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Company alleging violations of various state consumer protection laws in the sale of an anticoagulant drug.
• $32 million settlement as co-counsel in a Federal Antitrust case involving bid rigging and price fixing throughout the State of Texas.
• $27.5 millon in settlements against fortune 500 companies for failure to pay workers in compliance with Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
• $25 million settlement as co-counsel in a class action lawsuit brought by Third Party Payor's against Mylan Laboratories, Inc. alleging violations of various state antitrust and consumer protection laws.
• $25 million awarded to the City of Port Arthur and other Texas cities in its class action lawsuit against Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. involving underpayment of franchise fees owed to the class member cities.  Firm served as lead counsel.
• $20 million settlement as co-lead counsel of a national class action security fraud suit.
• $18.5 million verdict against Pittsburgh Corning and others in an asbestos case.
• $14.2 million verdict in a case against Pittsburgh Corning and PPG Industries on behalf of seven families with varying degrees of asbestos-related diseases.
• $12 million settlement in which Provost & Umphrey successfully represented a class of 57 Texas Municipalities against one of the largest utility service providers in the country.  The case involved enforcement of the cities' franchise ordinances providing for the payment of fees for the use of streets.
• $9 million settlement in class action race discrimination case.
• $9 million settlement on behalf of 200 plaintiffs against 12 to 14 petrochemical companies alleging mismanagement of gasoline distribution facilities.  Injuries included illness, property devaluation and loss profits resulting from soil and ground water contamination.
• $7.5 million settlement against a utility company arising out of the electrocution of a water well worker.
• $6.9 million verdict in an auto-pedestrian case
• $6.6 million verdict on behalf of a 68-year-old man who died from leukemia associated with his Benzene exposure at multiple locations, including Mobil.
• $6.6 million verdict in a Benzene exposure case brought on behalf of the surviving family members of a petrochemical worker
• $5.7 million settlement in Travis County, Texas in a case alleging ground water contamination by a major oil company.
• $5 million verdict on behalf of a sandblaster exposed to silica on the job.
• $4.3 million Benzene settlement resulting from the diagnosis and death of four leukemia stricken petrochemical workers.
• $4.2 million settlement arising from a brain damage baby claim when the doctor and hospital failed to complete a cesrean section removal of the child in a manner consistent with reasonable medical practices.
• $3.5 million settlement on behalf of a worker injured as a result of exposure to Hydrogen Sulfide gas at a paper mill.
• $3.5 million settlement resulting from a complex multi-party death and property damage claim involving the collapse of the Jefferson County Airport roof.
• $3.4 million settlement resulting from the brain damage and ultimate death of a woman undergoing a D&C procedure.  Hospital staff and doctor failed to monitor patient in the post-operative recovery area resulting in her crashing with subsequent brain damage and death.
• $3.1 million settlement resulting from a motorcycle accident which caused brain and spinal injuries to the motorcycle rider.
• $3 million judgment against Defendant doctor and $1.2 million judgment against Defendant hospital for failure to diagnose fetal distress, which resulted in brain damage.
• $2.75 million settlement in a case for an injured electricians apprentice, who was injured a result of a premises owner’s failure to provide adequate fall protection.
• $2.5 million judgment involving a Death on the High Seas Act negligence claim.
• $2.4 million settlement to the injured in a motorcycle incident.
• $2.2 million settlement achieved on behalf of a widow and her unborn child in the death of her husband due to negligent pipeline construction and cable.
• $2 million settlement arising out of the failure of a hospital's staff and doctors to properly monitor the respiratory therapy of a patient suffering through adult respiratory distress syndrome causing anoxic encephalopathy and brain damage.
• $2 million awarded in a bladder cancer case resulting from exposure to carcinogenic chemicals in the petrochemical industry.
• $1.85 million award on behalf of a 27-year-old woman injured in an 18-wheeler accident and was unable to continue her studies to become a physical therapist due to negligence of Fleet Line Trucking, Inc.
• $1.5 million settlement as co-counsel of a Tennessee State class action against various chemical companies alleging price fixing in the sale of the food preservative, potassium sorbate.
• $1.3 million settlement from a major utility company in an electrical injury case.
• $1.25 million verdict in a third-party claim against a gas company.
• $1.25 million settlement involving a medical malpractice claim against a hospital.
• $1.2 million settlement arising out of a Death on the High Seas Act claim brought on behalf of the widow of a man who was killed when the helicopter that he was riding in crashed in the Gulf of Mexico.
• $1.1 million settlement as a result of a pipeline rupture case which caused plaintiffs to be driven from their homes.
• $1 million plus 4 year college or technical school tuition and books settlement against railroad on behalf of signalman injured while lifting battery box lid.
• $700,000 settlement against manufacturer of packaging equipment that allegedly caused plastics to be wrapped with food product.