Law Firm Overview

Trial attorney in charge, focusing on products liability suits brought in Texas, for large self-insured corporations, and on other personal injury suits and business and commercial claims. Experience has also included assault, automobile collisions, bad faith, business, commercial, contract, construction, deceptive trade practice, defamation, fraud, indemnity, medical malpractice, negligence, premises liability, workers compensation act violations, and warranty litigation. Responsibilities have included preparation of budgets, reporting to management, investigation, design of litigation test procedures, preparation of witnesses, discovery, pre-trial, jury trials and appeals.

Jury trials have been in Austin, Bandera, Beaumont, Beeville, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, George West, Odessa and San Antonio. Other products liability suits have been defended in Big Spring, Cotulla, Edinburg, Laredo, McAllen, Port Lavaca, Rio Grande City, Seguin, Seminole and Waco. Other civil suits have been defended in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, and Houston.

Products liability suits have involved several kinds of products, including grinding equipment, ladders, line trimmers, motors, nibblers, electric and gas saws, saw blades, scaffolds, spark plugs, switches, valves, water heaters and wrenches. Circumstances have included amputations, burns, death, falls, fires, silicosis, indemnity, lost profits and property damage. Suits have also involved claims of premises liability, and employer and work place liability. To see representative cases, click here .

Areas of Practice

• Litigation & Appeals
• Products Liability Law

Representative Clients

• Upon Request

Representative Cases

• Sierra Club v. Lynn, 502 F.2d 43 (5th Cir 1974)
• Brown v. Brown, 520 S.W.2d 571 (14th Dist 1975)
• Town & Country Mobile Homes v. Stiles, 543 S.W. 2d 664 (Tex. Civ. App.-El Passo 1976)
• Whiteside v. Dresser, Tex. Civ. App.-Waco (543 S.W. 2d 158 1976)
• Tom Benson Chevrolet Co. v. Beall, Tex. Civ. App.-San Antonio (567 S.W. 2d 857 1978)
• Davis v. Grammar, 750 S.W. 2d 766 (Tex 1998)
• Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Kunze, 996 S.W. 2d 416 (Tex. App.-Beaumont 1999)

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Products Liability Law