Judge Awards Texas Mother $1.7M in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Restaurant 

PMR Law trial lawyer Brent Phelps secures verdict in pedestrian death  

CONROE, Texas – A Montgomery County judge has returned a $1.7 million final judgment against a Golden Chopsticks restaurant in The Woodlands, Texas, for the death of 27-year-old Bobby Joe Johnson, who was walking to his apartment when he was hit by one of the restaurant’s delivery drivers.

The final judgment on March 24 from District Court Judge Kristin Bays awarded Johnson’s mother, Telina Wheaton, over $1.6 million individually. In addition, the judgment included $136,323, plus prejudgment interest, and all court costs, for Johnson’s estate.

According to the lawsuit, Johnson was walking to the apartment he shared with his mother around 8:30 p.m. on April 2, 2019, when he was struck by the delivery driver as he crossed the street on F.M. 1488 in Conroe. Johnson spent two days in the emergency room before he died on April 4, 2019, from a blunt force injury.

The case is Telina Wheaton, individually, and as the representative of the estate of Bobby Joe Nathan Johnson vs. Mingrun D/B/A Golden Chopsticks, Cause No. 20-02-02017, in the 284th District Court in Montgomery County, Texas.