Negligence Articles

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Dallas County Jury Awards $7 Billion to Family of Grandmother Who was Murdered by Spectrum Cable Company Employee

On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, a Dallas County jury handed down a verdict for punitive damages totaling a $7.37 billion award for a family of an eighty-three-year-old grandmother Betty Thomas who was viciously killed in her home by a Spectrum Cable employee in 2019. The perpetrator, Roy James Holden, was an installer for Spectrum, a…

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United Airlines Sued after Employee runs over Woman’s Foot

On July 21, 2022, a Harris County resident, and TSA employee (“woman”), filed a complaint in the Harris County District Court against defendants United Airlines Inc. (“United”) and Jane Doe (“United employee”) for injuries she sustained after the United employee ran over her foot with a motorized cart at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (“Incident”). The…

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Can Lawsuits Be Filed Against Manufacturers of Firearms Used in Mass Shootings?

On May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, opening fire and resulting in the death of two teachers and 19 students. The gunman used an AR-15-style assault rifle that he purchased legally a week prior on his 18th birthday. Further, this is not the first time that a rifle…

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Charter Communications Ordered to Pay $375 Million After Employee Murders Customer

On June 23, 2022, a Dallas County jury found that Charter Communications acted negligently with respect to its field technician’s fatal stabbing of Betty Thomas in 2019 and awarded her family $375 million in compensatory damages.  Roy Holden, a 45-year-old technician for Charter Communications, performed a service call on Ms. Thomas’ residence and then came…

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Jiu Jitsu Fighter Sued After Causing Spinal Cord Injuries By An Illegal Body Slam

Attorney Lena Laurenzo of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner has filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit in Travis County, Texas against Orlando Sanchez, FloSports, Inc. D/B/A FloGrappling, and Gabriel Martins on behalf of 36-year-old Aaron “Tex” Johnson who suffered severe and permanent spinal cord injuries on September 25, 2021. Tex Johnson was participating as a…

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