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HOCKEMA, TIPPIT & ESCOBEDO, L.L.P.
verdicts and settlements

OUR RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES...
Verdicts
AMOUNT
DAMAGES
TYPE OF CASE
$15,800,000.00
One death, brain injury
Products liability-broken axle
$57,000,000.00
Two deaths
Products liability-post collision fuel fed fire
$12,300,000.00
One death
Products liability- ignition by water heater
$27,000,000.00
One death
Products liability-electrocution
$18,600,000.00
One death
Products liability- flammable nightgown
$10,000,000.00
One death
Products liability-defective winch
$ 7,700,000.00
Brain injury
Products liability-defective tire changer
$18,000,000.00
One death
Products liability-defective design of heavy equipment
$13,500,000.00
One death
Negligence-electrocution
$14,000,000.00
One death
Products liability-defective dryer
$13,400,000.00
Loss of business
Commercial litigation
Settlements
$ 9,500,000.00
One death
Products liability-motor grader
$10,700,000.00
One death
Products liability-flammable materials
$ 4,400,000.00
Seriously burned child
Products liability-defective water heater
$ 4,000,000.00
One death
Defective equipment
$ 4,750,000.00
One death
Negligence-tractor trailer
$ 8,000,000.00
One death
Products liability-defective water heater
$ 3,250,000.00
Seriously burned child
Negligence-utility lines
$ 3,500,000.00
Two deaths
Products liability-defective fuel system
$10,000,000.00
Seriously burned child
Products liability-defective halogen lamp
$ 3,200,000.00
Seriously burned child
Products liability-defective gasoline can
$ 1,700,000.00
Paraplegic injury
Products liability-defective van
$ 3,280,000.00
One death/one injury
Products liability-defective propane hose
$ 8,500,000.00
Seriously burned child
Products liability-defective gasoline can
$ 1,000,000,00
One death
Negligence-tractor trailer
$ 1,375,000.00
One death
Negligence-oil field fire
$ 1,400,000.00
One death
Negligence-pipeline explosion
$ 8,000,000.00
Two seriously injured adults
Negligence-refinery fire
$ 2,000,000.00
One seriously injured adult
Products liability-defective underground tank
$ 8,100,000.00
One death
Products liability-defective oilfield equipment
$ 2,500,000.00
One death
Products liability-gun case
$ 1,100,000.00
One death
Products liability-defective crane
$ 2,500,000.00
One seriously injured adult
Negligence-utility lines
$10,500,000.00
Two deaths
Negligence-tractor trailer
$ 2,300,000.00
Two deaths
Negligence-tractor trailer
$ 1,150,000.00
One death
Negligence-automobile
$ 1,450,000.00
One seriously injured adult
Negligence-automobile
$ 2,800,000.00
One death
Products liability-water heater and gasoline container
$ 9,000,000.00
Two deaths
Products liability-vapor ignition
$ 2,000,000.00
Two deaths
Products liability-defective A/C unit
$ 1,000,000.00
Loss of profits
Commercial litigation
$ 1,250,000.00
Closed head injury
Products liability-defective tire
$ 3,100,000.00

One death

Negligence-industrial accident
$ 2,450,000.00
One death
Products liability-crashworthiness
$ 5,375,000.00
One death
Negligence-automobile
$ 2,250,000.00
One death
Products liability-seatbelt
$ 1,300,000.00
One death
Negligence-explosion of storage tank
$ 2,996,000.00
One death, one injury
Negligence-tractor trailer
$ 9,950,000.00
One death of a child
Negligence-premises liability
$ 8,500,000.00
Two deaths
Negligence-auto collision
$ 2,000,000.00
One death
Negligence-auto collision
$ 1,925,000.00
Several injuries
Products liability-explosion of tank
$ 2,000,000.00
One death
Products liability-tire failure
**NOTE: Each lawsuit is unique and will have to be evaluated based upon its own facts. Past success does not guarantee in any future lawsuit. This list has been limited to verdicts and settlement of $1 million or more.
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