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About Thomas Jones
Thomas C. Jones is a founding partner of Davis, Bethune and Jones, which he co-founded in 2001 with Grant L. Davis and Scott S. Bethune. He comes from a legal family and chose to focus on plaintiff representation to help people through major life challenges. Jones attended the University of Missouri Columbia, graduating in 1985, and earned his law degree from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law in 1988.
His practice centers on railroad litigation, including Federal Employers Liability Act cases for injured railroad workers and grade-crossing collision cases, as well as traumatic brain injuries, product liability, and medical malpractice. He served as Past National Chair of the Railroad Litigation Section of the American Association for Justice and is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Board of Governors. His career results include a $160 million grade-crossing collision verdict recognized as the largest in American trial history at the time
- a $48 million verdict against Chicago Title Insurance
- a $30 million recovery in a helicopter collision case involving an Army reservist
- a $20 million verdict for a wrong-side brain surgery
- and a $12.5 million railroad crossing settlement in Arkansas
He has been named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America.
Proven verdicts and settlements
A 15-year-old boy went into Arkansas Children's Hospital for surgery to remove the brain tissue causing his seizures. The surgeon opened the wrong side of his head and removed healthy tissue before turning to the correct side. His parents were not told, and learned of it more than a year later during an unrelated examination.
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