Noted Texas attorneys Zona Jones and Michael Havard of Provost Umphrey Law Firm; Louis K. Bonham of Osha Liang LLP; and Patrick Zummo of the Law Offices of Patrick Zummo recently joined the legal team representing the three companies.

On Monday March 21, 2016, Provost Umphrey's Edward Fisher obtained a $4.2 million jury verdict on behalf of Ronda Maddox Evans against NAACO Materials and Handling group. This verdict comes just four months after Fisher obtained a $1.25 million verdict on behalf of a man who was killed on the job while working for Livengood Excavators, Inc. in Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling awarding $5.8 million against Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) in favor of more than 3,000 workers from an Iowa meat-processing plant who were not paid for the time they spent putting on and removing required protective clothing and traveling to their work areas.

​Volkswagen executives recently announced that they will extend amnesty for any workers coming forward with information on the “cheat device” software that was discovered in 11 million Volkswagon and Audi vehicles sold in Europe and the U.S.

​Provost Umphrey legal team earns key ruling for owner-operators in fee-skimming case

Colin David Moore and Ronnie Turner Jr. from Provost Umphrey’s Beaumont office earned selection to the 2016 listing of Texas Rising Stars based on their work for personal injury clients.

​The week of February 22, 2016 was a busy one as two Provost Umphrey attorneys headed to trial in Jefferson County. David Wilson tried a car wreck case in the 58th District Court before Judge Kent Walston. Ronnie Turner, Jr. tried a premises liability case in the 172nd District Court before Judge Donald Floyd. Both cases were successfully tried to verdict.

A spate of recent lawsuits, including one filed in federal court last week by the Sierra Club are alleging that hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” practices throughout Oklahoma are behind the unprecedented rise of earthquake incidents in the Sooner State.

​Approximately 33,000 tire-related crashes occur each and every year, resulting in about 19,000 injuries and hundreds of deaths. According to the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”), the majority of these injuries and deaths are preventable.