Texas Intermediate Appellate Courts
$61 Million Judgment for Breach of Bond Indenture Reversed and Rendered on Appeal
$61 Million Judgment for Breach of Bond Indenture Reversed and Rendered on Appeal
January 15, 2010 in Case Summaries
Jeff Levinger represented Sears, Roebuck and Co. in the appeal of a $61 million judgment based on a jury verdict that Sears breached a bond indenture by prematurely redeeming corporate bonds held by a number of institutional investors. The Dallas Court of Appeals sustained Sears’ no evidence challenge because the investors failed to present any evidence of breach, and thus reversed and rendered a take-nothing judgment against the investors. After Sears responded to the investors’ petition for review, the Texas Supreme Court denied the petition. Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. AIG Annuity Ins. Co., 270 S.W.3d 632 (Tex. App.–Dallas 2008, pet. denied).
Subject Matter: Business Litigation, Intellectual Property
Judgment Against Law Firm Reversed Based on Failure to Prove Collectibility
Judgment Against Law Firm Reversed Based on Failure to Prove Collectibility
January 15, 2010 in Case Summaries
Jeff Levinger represented a national law firm in the appeal of a $1.2 million judgment in a legal malpractice case arising out of a complex civil suit. The Texas Supreme Court reversed, holding that the plaintiff had failed to prove that a favorable judgment in the underlying suit would have been collectible from the defendant in the underlying suit. Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld v. NDR, 299 S.W. 3d 106 (Tex. 2009).
Subject Matter: Ethics & Professional Malpractice
Judgment for Hospital CEO Settled on Appeal
Judgment for Hospital CEO Settled on Appeal
April 10, 2008 in Case Summaries
Jeff Levinger represented a former hospital CEO in the appeal of a $2 million judgment based on the hospital’s failure to pay severance benefits. The case settled in mediation after the briefs were filed. Wilson N. Jones Regional Hospital Systems v. Rowley, No. 05-07-00629-CV (filed in the Dallas Court of Appeals).
Subject Matter: Labor & Employment
$20 Million Damages Award Affirmed in Airbag Defect Case
$20 Million Damages Award Affirmed in Airbag Defect Case
March 7, 2008 in Case Summaries
Jeff Levinger represented a catastrophically injured woman and her family in the appeal of a $20 million judgment arising from the nondeployment of a side impact airbag. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed and the Texas Supreme Court denied review. General Motors Corp. v. Burry, 203 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth 2006, pet. denied).
Subject Matter: Products Liability & Personal Injury
$56 Million Judgment for Trademark Infringement Settled on Appeal
$56 Million Judgment for Trademark Infringement Settled on Appeal
August 31, 2007 in Case Summaries
Jeff Levinger represented NDS, a manufacturer of irrigation products, in the appeal of a $56 million judgment based on alleged trademark infringement. The case settled in mediation after oral argument. National Diversified Sales, Inc. v. DFW Plastics, Inc., No. 02-06-00231-CV (filed in the Fort Worth Court of Appeals).
Subject Matter: Intellectual Property