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Superior Energy’s Blaine Edwards – From Small Claims Court to a $70M Jury Victory

Blaine Edwards was a teenager when he started going through invoices and receipts for his parents’ petroleum wholesale business and noticed several unpaid bills that dated back for a year or more.

Edwards got his parents to agree to allow him to pursue in small claims court the unpaid debts, which ranged from several hundred dollars to about $1,500.

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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