Cowen Rodriguez Peacock

A Hidalgo County jury awarded $17.5 million to a warehouse forklift operator whose left leg was amputated below the knee after a Yale lift truck with no occupant restraint system pinned him against a column; the court entered final judgment of $10.5 million after apportionment and prejudgment interest.

A jury in Austin awarded $8.5 million to a tech executive who suffered a traumatic brain injury after falling ten feet into a steel container at a Bee Cave solid waste transfer station, with the jury assigning 90% of fault to the facility operators.

A Dallas County jury returned a $4 million wrongful death verdict against Newkirk Logistics after a tractor-trailer stopped in an active lane of Interstate 635 with no warning devices, killing Robert Buntyn, 24.