After hitting BMW North America and Hedrick Kring Bailey with $773K in sanctions for ‘frivolous and groundless’ efforts to delay discovery in a woman’s suit over the sale of a defective used BMW, Judge Eric V. Moyé informed the automaker the case will go to trial June 6.
Dallas Judge Orders BMW, Local Counsel to Pay $773K Sanction for Foot-Dragging in ‘Lemon’ SUV Suit
In a scathing order, Dallas County District Judge Eric V. Moyé said BMW and Hedrick Kring Bailey have used “delay, misdirection, and both rejected as well as frivolous arguments to make litigation unfairly difficult and expensive for its opponents.”
Irving-Based Mining Co. Can’t Recover $48M Mexican Judgment
The ruling is the latest — but surely not the last — in an 11-year litigation war over the operation of a gold mine in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Dallas Jury Awards $860M in Wrongful Death Case Involving Crane Collapse
A Dallas County jury on Wednesday awarded more than $860 million to the parents of a woman killed in 2019 when a 200-foot steel crane toppled onto her apartment building from an adjacent construction site. The verdict exceeded the $700 million sought by plaintiff’s lawyers from Arnold & Itkin.
Texas Orders Cayman Islands Crypto Firm to Pay $424,000 and Cease Doing Business
The consent order is part of a nationwide investigation in which Nexo Capital Inc. agreed to pay $22.5 million in fines related to the sale of unregistered securities.
Multimillion-Dollar Trial Underway in Fatal 2019 Dallas Crane Collapse
In opening statements, defense lawyers for two huge construction-related companies blamed one another for the accident, which killed a 29-year-old woman in her apartment and injured others.
‘So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance!’
At a Texas Lawbook-SMU Forum, white-collar defense lawyers David Gerger and Tom Melsheimer reveal how they overcame big problems to win big cases.
Veteran Dallas Prosecutor Tapped as EDTX U.S. Attorney
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, as expected, Damien Diggs would be the first Black U.S. attorney in the 166-year-old Eastern District.
Royal Furgeson, DBA’s 2023 MLK Justice Award Recipient: ‘As Lawyers, Equal Justice Is Central to Our Very Being’
On Monday, Royal Furgeson, retired federal judge and founding dean of the UNT Dallas College of Law, received the Dallas Bar Association’s 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Award. In his acceptance speech, Judge Furgeson talked about the special duty of lawyers to carry on King’s work. Read the full text exclusively here.
‘Medical Emergency’ Forces Mistrial in Oft-Delayed $158M Pharmacy Fraud Case
After eight aborted settings since 2017, the trial on bribery and kickback charges was under way in Dallas when a defense lawyer needed surgery. Rather than resuming after a monthlong delay — and making jurors work through the holidays — U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay rescheduled the trial for next September.