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About Matt Martin
Matt Martin is a partner and trial lawyer at Kherkher Garcia who focuses on 18-wheeler accidents, oilfield accidents, explosions, and offshore accidents. Born and raised near Waco, Texas, he earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from Baylor Law School, where he served as an Executive Editor of the Baylor Law Review. He began his career at the oldest personal injury firm in Texas and within his first six years of practice recovered over $100 million in settlements. In October 2021, Matt, Steve Kherkher, and Kevin Haynes won a $1.85 million verdict (Chapman v. Super Dirty Recovery) for a plaintiff injured by an unlicensed tow truck driver. In 2024, he and Steve Kherkher recovered $90 million for the family of a minor in a wrongful death arising from a commercial vehicle collision.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Kherkher Garcia
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A Philadelphia jury in May 2005 awarded two women a combined $200 million for heart-valve injuries caused by Wyeth's fen-phen diet drugs, with Steve Kherkher of Williams Bailey (now Kherkher Garcia) leading the trial, before a judge granted Wyeth's post-trial motion and the case resolved through a confidential settlement.
A Harris County jury awarded $15 million to the husband and two sons of a longtime hospital nurse struck and killed while crossing the street to an employer parking lot, with Steve Kherkher among the trial team for the family.
Jim Hart won a $12.45 million jury verdict for a Houston couple severely injured when a New Prime tractor-trailer rear-ended their sedan on I-45, though the Texas Supreme Court later reversed on procedural grounds and remanded for a new trial.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.