Sayles Werbner Successfully Defends $8 Million Fracking Equipment Case

Gainesville-based Texas Trailer Corporation did nothing wrong when it tested and flunked a prototype sand container created by two Central Texas businesses for use in the hydraulic fracturing industry, a Cooke County jury ruled last week.

Though the Feb. 13 verdict was a triumph in itself for Texas Trailer’s lawyers, Rob Sayles and Sawyer Neely, they scored a giant pre-trial victory last month during summary judgment when State District Judge Janelle Haverkamp dismissed the $8 million in lost profits that the plaintiffs, San Antonio-based SandCan and Seguin-based EPMP, were seeking.