Source: https://emc-pc.com/trials-and-appeals-2/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 02:01:27+00:00

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Trials & Appeals – Edward M. Carstarphen P.C.
Successful defense (no liability, zero damages) of the sole defendant in a 6 month long jury trial in a mass toxic tort action prosecuted by over 200 individual plaintiffs seeking over $600 million arising from alleged exposure to chemicals from a hazardous waste site.
Successful defense (no liability, zero damages) of an manufacturer of drilling pipe in a jury trial of products liability claims seeking over $5,000,000 for an alleged down hole fracture of oil field pipe casing.
Successful defense (no liability, zero damages) of the sole defendant in a 2 week long personal injury jury trial seeking over $10 million in damages resulting from an alleged premises defect (presence, installation, use, and removal of asbestos insulation).
Successful defense (no liability, zero damages) of an off-shore drilling rig builder in jury trial in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, seeking over $180 million arising out of an alleged breach of contract to deliver three North Sea-capable Gorilla class deep water drilling rigs.
Defense of a wrongful death mesothelioma suit brought on behalf of the family of a deceased career union insulator seeking a multi-million dollar verdict in a jury trial pending in St. Louis, Missouri (settled during trial).
Defense of a Fortune 100 company in a month long jury trial in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, involving fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims arising from a construction dispute seeking over $150 million arising out of a remediation of a hazardous waste Superfund Site in La Marque, Texas (settled during pendency of appeal after the district court granted j.n.o.v. rejecting all claims for gross negligence, punitive damages, and negligent misrepresentation).
Successful class certification trial to the District Court in Kingsville, Texas of a consumer fraud action involving approximately 1,000,000 Texas consumers.
Successful trial of a final fairness hearing in the District Court in Kingsville, Texas resulting in the approval of a class action settlement valued at over $100,000,000 in cash and other benefits to approximately 1,000,000 members of a certified consumer class in Texas.
Lockett v. HB Zachry Co., 285 S.W.3d 63 (Tex. App.- Houston [1st Dist.] 2009, no writ) (presented oral argument and co-authored appellate brief; court of appeals affirmed defense summary judgment in favor of client in wrongful death premises liability action alleging that benzene exposure caused decedent’s Acute Mylogenous Leukemia).
Barras v. Monsanto Co., 831 S.W.2d 859 (Tex. App. -Houston [1st Dist.] 1995, writ denied) (authored appellate briefs and presented oral argument on appeal; appellate court affirmed jury verdict and trial judgment in favor of our client against 222 plaintiffs in case alleging that defendant negligently disposed of carcinogenic and mutagenic hazardous wastes).
Fisher Controls Intern., Inc. v. Gibbons, 911 S.W.2d135 (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] 1995, writ denied) (presented oral argument on appeal and co-authored appellate briefs; trial judgment against client reversed and rendered that plaintiff take nothing from defendant in fraudulent inducement/breach of contract claim involving non-renewal of franchise and distribution agreement).
Castillo v. Gared, Inc., 1 S.W.3d 781 (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, pet. denied) (hired post-trial to author appellate brief and present oral argument on appeal; appellate court affirmed the trial court j.n.o.v. on the basis that defendant owed no legal duty to plaintiff).
H & R Block, Inc. v. Haese, 976 S.W.2d 237 (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi 1998, pet. denied) (authored appellate briefs and presented oral argument in the appeal in support of the trial court’s order granting class certification; court of appeals affirmed trial court’s certification of the class).
H & R Block, Inc. v. Haese, 988 S.W.2d 742 (Tex.1999) (authored appellate briefs; Texas Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s order limiting defendants’ contacts with class members consistent with appellate briefing on behalf of the certified class).

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