Below are some of our recent results:
Settlement - Financial Advisor misconduct: Our client's financial advisor improperly managed her accounts over a 9 month period. The financial advisor had placed our client in highly risky inverse ETFs and leveraged inverse ETFs, which was inappropriate for our client's risk tolerance. We pursued claims against the financial advisor and his employer arising from the Texas Securities Act and the Texas deceptive Trade Practices Act. Don Kidd and Ben Elmore were able to achieve a confidential settlement for our client through mediation within 5 months of receiving the case.
Judgment - Oil and Gas Lease Termination: Don Kidd and Ben Elmore obtained a declaratory judgment in Jasper County that our clients' oil and gas lease terminated under its own terms for lack of production or development. The operator attempted to hold the lease beyond its primary term by pooling a fraction of the lease into a large unit at the last minute, thus diluting our clients' royalty by over 90%.
Settlement - 18 wheeler crash: Don Kidd represented an 18 wheeler truck driver who was hit from behind by another 18 wheeler. Our client suffered neck and shoulder injuries that required surgery. A confidential settlement was reached.
Settlement - Motorcycle/cow crash: Our client was injured when she collided with a cow that wandered onto a Farm to Market road in Galveston County. Donald Kidd achieved a settlement for our client for a confidential amount.
Trial - $1.5 million verdict Medical Negligence: Jim Perdue, Jr. and Ben Elmore represented the husband and son of a woman who died as a result of medical negligence by Christus St. Catherine Hospital in Katy, Texas.
Settlement - Medical Negligence: Jim Perdue, Jr. and Don Kidd represented a dentist who suffered neurologic deficits following a myelogram. It was alleged that the neuroradiologist negligently injected dye into the dentist's spinal column that resulted in numbness in his hands. The dentist was unable to practice dentistry and had to sell his practice. Perdue & Kidd achieved a settlement with the neuroradiologist for a confidential amount.
Trial - $9.1 million verdict - Wrongful Death: Donald Kidd and Jim Perdue, Jr. represented the widow and children of an immigrant laborer who was killed in a workplace accident. The trial lasted 7 days in the 164th District Court, Harris County, Texas.
Settlement - 18 Wheeler crash in Dallas, Texas resulting in brain damage to our client and the death of her son - Settled for a confidential amount.
Settlement - Lost Blood Culture Report Allowed Infection to Eat Away Bone -- The firm reached a confidential settlement against a hospital and two doctors. Our client came in to the hospital with multiple symptoms and had blood taken for test including one for infection. Unfortunately, the test results came back on New Year's Day, and the staffing and procedures used over a holiday at the hospital raised many questions about of what ever happened to the report. The doctors denied they had ever seen it, but the result eventually appeared in the computerized records system.
Settlement - An 18 Wheeler Crash Caused Serious Physical Injuries and Brain Damage -- The firm achieved a confidential settlement for our client to address his medical needs and rehabilitative care in the future, as well as replace future lost wages. Our client was driving within her lane when hit by the truck driver, and the firm's discovery of logs and driving record helped establish that the driver failed repeatedly to follow the "Rules of the Road."
Policy limits settlement - Outpatient Medical Procedure Resulted in Massive Brain Damage -- The firm reached a policy limits settlement with a radiologist and his group, investing much of the recovery in annuities to provide for the institutional nursing care the patient will need for the rest of his life. The outpatient radiology procedure involved an injection of steroid solution in the neck near the nerves. The firm contended the injection went into the vertebral artery and caused a massive bleed in the brain.
Settlement - Pharmacy Error -- The firm settled the claim of a five year old boy who was rushed to the hospital after taking medication as prescribed by his doctor. The problem was the pharmacist had filled the bottle with pill three four times the dosage that was prescribed. Fortunately, the child did not have sever injuries. The case was settled for a confidential amount without the need to file a lawsuit.
Settlement - Medical Malpractice - Client suffered injuries to her bladder during a cystoscopy - Settled for a confidential amount.
Settlement - Motor vehicle crash in Galveston, Texas resulting in serious back injuries to our client - Settled with the third party and the client's under insured motorist insurer for a confidential amount.
Trial $20.750 million verdict - Sexual Assault Trial - On June 11, 2008, Jim Perdue Jr. , with his co-counsel Paul D. Clote, obtained a $20,750,000.00 verdict for a brother and sister who were assaulted and sexually assaulted by a family confidante while they were minors. In Cause no. 2006-38382; Johnson v. Dinesh Shah et al, In the 295th District Court Harris County, Texas, Perdue & Kidd, L.L.P. with their co-counsel vindicated the plaintiffs and held a dangerous predator accountable for his actions.
