A few of the results behind the firm’s reputation. Every case is different — these are ours.
$44,370,000
Jury verdict
Wrongful Death · Industrial
$44,370,000 — Jury verdict for the family of a rigger crushed during a refinery turnaround.
$29,920,310
Recovery
Catastrophic Injury · Traumatic Brain Injury · Truck Accidents
$29,920,310 — Catastrophic brain injury, Fortune 100 defendant; recovered deleted phone data.
$18,000,000
Recovery
Burn Injuries · Wrongful Death
$18,000,000 — Recovery for a family who lost a loved one and were themselves burned.
$17,720,000
Jury verdict
Wrongful Death · Industrial
$17,720,000 — Jury verdict for the family of an ironworker who drowned.
$10 Million
Result
Truck Accidents · Wrongful Death
$10 Million — Oilfield trucking crash — overloaded rig, doctored logs.
$10 Million
Result
Jones Act · Maritime
$10 Million — Jones Act result for a captain denied prompt medical care.
$8.5 Million
Result
Truck Accidents · Wrongful Death
$8.5 Million — A father rear-ended by an 18-wheeler; the company blamed the man who lost his child.
$6,000,000
Recovery
Truck Accidents
$6,000,000 — The truck’s own data contradicted the company’s story.
$5 Million
Result
Serious Personal Injury · Industrial
$5 Million — Logging equipment skull crush, resolved in under six months.
$4,081,047
Jury verdict
Jones Act · Maritime
$4,081,047 — Jury verdict for a processor hurt aboard the M/V Excellence.
$2,218,000
Jury verdict
Jones Act · Maritime
$2,218,000 — Jury verdict for a deckhand whose foot was crushed by a wrecking ball.
$995,000
Recovery
Transportation Accidents
$995,000 — Recovery for a commercial vehicle crash.
$550,000
Recovery
Truck Accidents · Serious Personal Injury
$550,000 — A Houston police officer rear-ended by a trucking company’s driver.
Maersk Alabama
Confidential recoveries
Jones Act · Maritime
Maersk Alabama — Confidential recoveries for 9 of the crew in the Captain Phillips case.
Confidential
Represented
Industrial Explosions
43 Workers — Plant explosion — Enterprise Products & Turner Industries.
Confidential
Represented
Industrial
8 Workers — The 2008 collapse of the world’s largest crane.
Trinity II
Confidential recoveries
Maritime · Wrongful Death
Trinity II — A liftboat capsizing pursued across three countries.
≈ 400×
The first offer, multiplied
Jones Act · Maritime
≈ 400× — The first offer, multiplied — a Jones Act claim pursued into bankruptcy court.
Confidential
Result
Jones Act · Maritime
Confidential — Jones Act result against Chevron for a seaman kept working after a fall.
Confidential
Result
Jones Act · Maritime
Confidential — A tug engineer lost his foot to a winch — two Limitation actions beaten.
Confidential
Result
Jones Act · Traumatic Brain Injury
Confidential — An escape hatch slammed on a young mariner’s head; Weeks Marine fired him, then settled.
Confidential
Result
Serious Personal Injury · Dram Shop
Confidential — A Houston police officer struck during a DWI arrest.
Confidential
Result
Wrongful Death · Truck Accidents
Confidential — A company truck rear-ended a family. Vuk also won the driver a unanimous acquittal.
Confidential
Recovery
Truck Accidents · Catastrophic Injury
Confidential — Recovery after a commercial vehicle rear-end crash that caused paraplegia.
Confidential
Recovery
Burn Injuries · Wrongful Death · Industrial
Confidential — Recovery for the family of a worker burned over 95% of his body.
Confidential
Recovery
Maritime · Longshore
Confidential — Recovery for a stevedore crushed by a moving gantry crane aboard a cargo ship.
Confidential
Result
Wrongful Death · Truck Accidents
Confidential — Result for a family who lost their loved one to a commercial vehicle.
Confidential
Result
Transportation Accidents
Confidential — Result for a bus passenger injured when the bus crashed on an interstate.
Confidential
Result
Burn Injuries · Industrial
Confidential — Result for a utility backhoe operator catastrophically burned by released steam.
Confidential
Result
Wrongful Death · Oilfield
Confidential — Result for the family of a company man killed at an oilfield worksite in Yemen.
Every case is different. Prior results depend on the facts of the individual case and do not guarantee a similar outcome.