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Proven verdicts and settlements won by Arnold & Itkin

$2.065 billionVerdict

A Cobb County, Georgia jury found that Monsanto's Roundup caused John Barnes's non-Hodgkin lymphoma and awarded him $2.065 billion, with Arnold & Itkin's Kyle Findley serving as lead trial lawyer.

Georgia (state court) · 2025Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$860 millionVerdict

A Dallas County jury found developer Greystar liable for the 2019 tower crane collapse that killed 29-year-old Kiersten Smith in her apartment, returning an $860 million verdict that Jason and Cory Itkin helped win for her family.

Dallas County District Court, TX · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$557 millionVerdict

A Harris County jury awarded Mary Johnson $557 million against Union Pacific for a 2016 Houston train strike that cost her a leg, several fingers, and left her with a brain injury, a figure the trial court later cut and an appeals court reversed for a new trial.

Harris County District Court, Houston, TX · 2023Read the full story →
$411,687,387.36 (verdict; on appeal)Verdict

Jose Valdivia, 25, was building scaffolding at the Phillips 66 refinery in Lake Charles when a co-worker above him lost his grip on a steel scaffold bar. It struck him on the head and spine through a hard hat and full protective equipment. He is in a wheelchair with limited speech. Brock never reported the accident to OSHA.

19th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA · 2025Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$222 millionVerdict

A Fort Bend County jury awarded $222 million to the widow of Jesse Henson, a power-plant repairman scalded to death by superheated steam from a relief valve serviced by Team Industrial Services, a judgment a Texas appeals court later reversed before dismissing the case on the ground that it belonged in Kansas.

Fort Bend County District Court, TX · 2021Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$209.2 millionVerdict

A Harris County jury awarded Laura Schneider and her three children $209.2 million after finding that Terra Energy Partners hid a known hantavirus danger that killed her husband, Karl.

Harris County District Court, Houston, TX · 2023Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$6.45 million (satisfied after two remittiturs; $27,707,930 jury verdict)Verdict

Walter Jackson, 48, was a rigger on an offshore platform 65 miles south of Lake Charles. The crew was lowering sections of corroded firewater pipe when the manila rope holding a 131-pound section broke. He was standing in a landing zone nobody had cleared, and it killed him instantly.

U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana (Lake Charles) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Houston firms

The Buzbee Law Firm
The Buzbee Law Firm
$1.1 billion · $1.1 Billion Verdict for Child Left Brain-Damaged by Oil-Fortune Heir
The Lanier Law Firm
The Lanier Law Firm
$4.69 billion (upheld $2.11 billion on appeal) · $4.69 Billion Talcum Powder Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson for Ovarian Cancer (2018)
Williams Hart & Boundas
Williams Hart & Boundas
$15.3 billion · Texas Recovers $15.3 Billion From Tobacco Industry in Landmark 1998 Settlement
Abraham Watkins
Abraham Watkins
$32 million · Barn Door Collapse at Midtown Hilton Garden Inn Leads to $32 Million Verdict, Later Reduced to $12 Million
Zehl & Associates
Zehl & Associates
$37.5 million · $37.5 Million Verdict for the Family of Trucker Shamsher Singh, Killed by a Distracted Oncor Driver

Attorneys at Arnold & Itkin

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