Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Christopher W. Weber's primary practice areas are trucking litigation, railroad litigation, and wrongful death litigation. He is a member of the ALFA Transportation Group, the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, and the Transportation Lawyers Association.

Areas of Practice

• Transportation and Trucking Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Insurance Defense
• Products Liability Litigation
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation
• Nursing Home Litigation
• Nonsubscriber Defense Litigation
• Railroad Litigation

Representative Clients

• BNSF Railway Company
• Werner Enterprises, Inc.
• Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
• Central Refrigerated Services, Inc.
• AAA Cooper Transportation
• Berkley Risk Administrators
• Lincoln General Insurance Company
• Wilshire Insurance Company
• Occidental Insurance Company
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
• Tyson Foods, Inc.
• Affiliated Foods, Inc.
• Omni Trax, Inc.
• Panhandle Northern Railroad, LLC
• Tankstar
• Schwerman Trucking
• State Farm Lloyds
• Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.
• Oshkosh Truck Corporation
• Anchor Claims Management/The Combined Group
• The Hartford
• Van Liner Insurance Company
• R&L Carriers
• National American Insurance Company
• Markel Insurance Co. of Canada
• C.R. England, Inc.
• Frozen Food Express
• Land Span, Inc.
• Watkins Associated Companies
• John Christner Trucking, LLC
• Summitt Trucking, LLC
• DeBoer Transportation
• Town & Country Food Stores, Inc.
• Custard Insurance Adjusters, Inc.
• Tenold Transportation, LP
• CNA Insurance
• Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc.
• Daily Express/Daily Underwriters

Representative Cases

• Lawrence v. CDB Services, Inc./Lambert v. Affiliated Foods, Inc., 44 S.W.3d 544 (Tex. 2001)
• Ching v. Methodist Children's Hosp., 134 S.W.3d 235 (Tex. App. -- Amarillo, Pet. Denied 2003)
• Trostle v. Trostle, 77 S.W.3d 908 (Tex. App.--Amarillo 2002)

West Practice Categories

Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Construction Law, Elder Law, Health & Health Care Law, Nursing Home, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Transportation Law, Railroad, Trucking

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1996
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• ALFA Transportation Group (Member)
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (Member)
• Amarillo Bar Association (Member)
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• State Bar of Texas, Antitrust Section
• State Bar of Texas, Business Litigation Section
• State Bar of Texas, Insurance Section

Education

• Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1996
  J.D.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  Law Review: Texas Tech Law Review, Case Note Editor, 1995 - 1996
• West Texas A & M University, Canyon, TX, 1993
  B.B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Major: Management

Published Works

• "The Loss of Consortium-Malicious Prosecution Nexus: No Recovery for Loss of Spousal Consortium Absent Physical Injury and No Recovery for Malicious Prosecution Beyond the Person Prosecuted", 26 Tex. Tech L.R. 217, 1995
• "Purchaser of a Defective Product Cannot Recover Purely Economic Loss Against a Component Part Supplier of the Finished Product Under Tort or Breach of Implied Warranty Theories", 26 Tex. Tech L.R. 1287, 1995
• "Temporary Workers and Protection from Liability Under the Exclusive Remedy Provision of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act", State Bar of Texas, Construction Law Newsletter, Summer 2002

Address

Amarillo National Plaza Two
Suite 800
500 South Taylor, Lobby Box #213
Amarillo, TX 79101-2445

Phones

(806) 372-5050

Faxes

(806) 372-5086

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mullinhoard.com