Attorney David W. Baria's Legal Cases

Construction and development

Ovella v. B & C Construction and Equipment, LLC

Feb 06, 2012

OUTCOME: defense verdict

I defended a residential contractor who was sued by an attorney alleging that his water front second home was defectively constructed and that my client was guilty of fraud.

Car accident

Taylor v. U-Haul

Apr 01, 2004

OUTCOME: $1.5 Million Plaintiff's verdict

Auto accident caused by brake failure

Contracts and agreements

Kirk v. Pope

Oct 18, 2002

OUTCOME: $700,000.00 verdict for Plaintiff

Tortious breach of output contract

Employment and labor

Morgan v. Bufete Industrial, S.A.

Jun 01, 2000

OUTCOME: $7.4 Million Plaintiff's verdict

Wrongful termination of Whistleblower employee

Insurance

Mississippi Power & Light v. Cook, 832 So. 2d 474 (Miss. 2003)

N/A

OUTCOME: $5.1 Million Plaintiff's verdict

Bad Faith denial of Workers Compensation benefits

Banking

AmSouth Bank v. Gupta 833 So. 2d 205 (Miss 2002)

N/A

OUTCOME: $2.1 Million Plaintiff's verdict

Bank wrongly took advantage of customer's potential land deal

Wrongful death

Yale Materials Handling Corp. v. Brandon 2002 WL 1038754 (Miss. 2002)

N/A

OUTCOME: $3.5 Million Plaintiff's verdict

Defectively designed products caused injuries resulting in death

Banking

Wallace v. United Mississippi Bank 726 So. 2d 578 (Miss. 1998)

N/A

OUTCOME: Plaintiff's verdict

Bank wrongfully converted jointly held CD's upon death of spouse