Law Offices of Gene S. Hagood
Proven VerdictsAbout Law Offices of Gene S. Hagood
The Law Offices of Gene S. Hagood is a personal injury trial firm based in Alvin, Texas, serving clients in Houston, Galveston, and throughout the state. The firm focuses on serious injury and wrongful death litigation, with particular depth in commercial truck accident cases, and frequently takes referrals from other attorneys on complex trucking matters.
Proven verdicts and settlements won by Law Offices of Gene S. Hagood
A unanimous Dimmit County jury awarded $281 million, including $181 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages, to the family of Carlos Aguilar, a 31-year-old Army veteran and father of seven killed when a drive shaft broke off a Heckmann Water Resources 18-wheeler and crashed through the windshield of the pickup he was riding in. Gene S. Hagood of Alvin tried the case with Laredo co-counsel John R. Solis and Jose Luis Castillo. The trial court reduced the judgment to $163.8 million and then to $105.2 million on post-trial motions, and in July 2014 the case settled on confidential terms, with parent company Nuverra disclosing it funded $5.5 million of the settlement alongside an undisclosed insurer payment.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
