Attorneys at Dallas’ Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett Win 2 of Texas’ Top Verdicts for 2014
Attorneys from Dallas-based Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC, a nationally recognized trial law firm, won two of the largest verdicts in Texas last year, according to the publishers of VerdictSearch. The firm’s wins will be highlighted in Top Texas Verdicts & Settlements of 2014, which will be inserted in the May 25 edition of Texas Lawyer.
The firm scored the state’s largest toxic tort verdict in Vicki Lynn Rogers, et al. v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Dallas County jurors awarded $18.6 million to the family of a tire builder who died after exposure to asbestos fibers at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Tyler, Texas. The verdict was No. 22 overall in Texas last year.
In Bobbie Bush v. Greenwood Motor Lines Inc., et al., another Dallas County jury awarded $4.1 million to Bobbie Bush for her injuries from a collision with a double tractor-trailer owned by Greenwood Motor Lines. The award was the state’s ninth largest motor vehicle verdict and ranked No. 44 overall.
