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About David LaRue
David LaRue, Esq. is a Personal Injury Attorney at Loncar Lyon Jenkins in Houston, where he focuses exclusively on representing injured individuals. He combines legal expertise with prior experience as an insurance adjuster, giving him insight into how insurance companies evaluate and defend claims. He has approximately 23 years of legal experience, including wrongful death and medical malpractice litigation in Texas and Louisiana.
LaRue is a U.S. Army veteran who served in the U.S. Army and Army National Guard from 1990 to 1998. He received the Army Commendation Medal for distinguished service in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He completed a judicial internship at the Texas Supreme Court under Justice Craig T. Enoch.
He earned his J.D. from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2001, where he served on the Board of Editors of the Texas Wesleyan Law Review as Senior Articles Editor. He also earned both a Bachelor's degree and an M.B.A. in Finance from LSU-Shreveport. He is admitted to the State Bars of Texas and Louisiana, and to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2017).
Proven verdicts and settlements at Loncar Lyon Jenkins
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A Kaufman County jury awarded $296 million in compensatory damages against Koch Industries after a corroded, unmaintained butane pipeline exploded and killed two teenagers on August 24, 1996.
A Dallas jury awarded $84.25 million in 2008 after a 26-foot U-Haul truck with a failed parking brake rolled over Talmadge Waldrip, leaving him bedridden and requiring round-the-clock care.
A Dallas County jury awarded $51 million in August 2024 to a South Dallas mother and her two young children after a corroded boiler exhaust pipe at their apartment complex channeled carbon monoxide into their home in 2015, leaving both children with irreversible brain injuries.
A Texas county court at law jury found a design defect in the handling of a 1996 Ford Explorer that rolled over after a rear tire lost its tread in July 2003, killing Diane Wiles. The jury put one-third of the responsibility on Ford, one-third on the driver and one-third on Ms. Wiles, and the court entered a judgment of $7,370,197.16 in actual damages. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed in 2011 for lack of evidence of a safer alternative design.
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