A few of the results behind the firm’s reputation. Every case is different — these are ours.
$44,370,000
Jury Verdict
Wrongful Death
A falling pipe killed a rigger during a turnaround at ExxonMobil's Beaumont refinery. Vuk Vujasinovic led the trial; the jury returned a $44,370,000 Verdict.
$29,920,310
Recovery
Catastrophic Injury · Traumatic Brain Injury · Truck Accidents
Catastrophic brain injury, Fortune 100 defendant; recovered deleted phone data.
$18,000,000
Recovery
Burn Injuries · Wrongful Death
Recovery for a family who lost a loved one and were themselves burned.
$17,720,000
Jury verdict
Wrongful Death · Industrial
Jury verdict for the family of an ironworker who drowned.
$9,638,589.96
Settlement
Truck Accidents · Wrongful Death
An overloaded oilfield rig struck Sonya and her children on the shoulder of Highway 59. Her son died. Brian Beckcom and Vuk Vujasinovic investigated the load, altered records, and insurance coverage.
$10 Million
Result
Jones Act · Maritime
Jones Act result for a captain denied prompt medical care.
$8.5 Million
Result
Truck Accidents · Wrongful Death
A father rear-ended by an 18-wheeler; the company blamed the man who lost his child.
$6,000,000
Recovery
Truck Accidents
The truck’s own data contradicted the company’s story.
$5 Million
Settlement
Serious Personal Injury · Industrial
Johnny Harris suffered a catastrophic head injury. Brian Beckcom subpoenaed both insurers to establish access to the logging company’s liability coverage.
$4,081,047
Jury verdict
Jones Act · Maritime
Jury verdict for a processor hurt aboard the M/V Excellence.
$2,218,000
Jury verdict
Jones Act · Maritime
Jury verdict for a deckhand whose foot was crushed by a wrecking ball.
$950,000
Recovery
Jones Act · Offshore Rig Injury
A jack-up rig’s elevator brakes failed after a contractor repaired them. Two companies blamed each other, then him.
$550,000
Recovery
Truck Accidents · Serious Personal Injury
A Houston police officer rear-ended by a trucking company’s driver.
Confidential
Settlements
The Captain Phillips Case · Maritime
Brian Beckcom's account of the Maersk Alabama crew's lawsuit, the Jones Act claims behind Captain Phillips, and Confidential Settlements for nine clients.
Confidential
Settlement
Maritime Piracy Injury · Jones Act
A captain warned about pirate threats, survived 18 days in captivity off Nigeria, and brought a maritime case that reached the Fifth Circuit.
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
A liftboat capsizing pursued across three countries.
≈ 400×
The first offer, multiplied
Jones Act · Maritime
The first offer, multiplied — a Jones Act claim pursued into bankruptcy court.
Confidential
Result
Jones Act · Maritime
Jones Act result against Chevron for a seaman kept working after a fall.
Confidential
Result
Jones Act · Maritime
A tug engineer lost his foot to a winch — two Limitation actions beaten.
Favorable confidential settlement
Hubbard v. Weeks Marine
Jones Act · Head Injury
A Houston Ship Channel deckhand’s hatch injury case, prepared for a Harris County jury by Brian Beckcom.
Confidential
Result
Jones Act · Maritime
A deckhand’s back injury led to two operations. We developed equipment and medical evidence under competing accounts of the injury before a confidential resolution.
Confidential
Result
Serious Personal Injury · Dram Shop
A Houston police officer struck during a DWI arrest.
Confidential
Result
Wrongful Death · Truck Accidents
A company truck rear-ended a family. Vuk also won the driver a unanimous acquittal.
Confidential
Recovery
Truck Accidents · Catastrophic Injury
Recovery after a commercial vehicle rear-end crash that caused paraplegia.
Confidential
Recovery
Burn Injuries · Wrongful Death · Industrial
Recovery for the family of a worker burned over 95% of his body.
Confidential
Recovery
Maritime · Longshore
Recovery for a stevedore crushed by a moving gantry crane aboard a cargo ship.
Confidential
Result
Wrongful Death · Truck Accidents
An Iron Horse Tools driver who had worked 27 days in a row killed a mother. The company’s own rules said fatigue kills.
Confidential
Result
Transportation Accidents
Result for a bus passenger injured when the bus crashed on an interstate.
Confidential
Settlement
Serious Personal Injury · Industrial
Sulphuric acid in a tanker trailer certified safe caused permanent vision loss. VB Attorneys secured a confidential lifetime structured settlement.
$4,000,000
Settlement
Serious Personal Injury · Brain Injury
A four-year-old boy walked through an unlatched pool gate at a Houston apartment complex. VB Attorneys resolved the case for $4,000,000.
Confidential
Result
Burn Injuries · Industrial
Result for a utility backhoe operator catastrophically burned by released steam.
Confidential
Result
Wrongful Death · Oilfield
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.