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Bracewell Wins $30 Million Case Week Before Trial

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By Kerry Curry

Bracewell & Giuliani won a dismissal of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit a week before trial after a judge ruled that plaintiff Vertical North America had no jurisdiction in the case against Vopak Terminal Deer Park Inc.

Vertical North America, an ethanol trading company, sought more than $30 million in actual damages against Vopak, the owner and operator of bulk liquid terminals. Vertical, which also sought punitive damages, claimed Vopak fraudulently induced it into entering into an agreement to store ethanol at Vopak’s terminal on the Houston Ship Channel, and that Vopak breached that agreement.

Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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