Marquette William Wolf's Legal Cases (2)

Wrongful death

Smalley v. Koch Industries, Inc. et al.

Sep 03, 2001

OUTCOME: $296,000,000.00 Jury Verdict

Koch Industries' 8 inch LPG pipeline ruptured, spewing liquid butane which exploded killing Danielle Dawn Smalley. The case was tried to a jury for 3 weeks in Kaufman, Texas. Koch Industries, Inc. ... is the largest personally held corporation in America. The 2005 revenue for Koch Industries was $90 billion. At the time of the verdict, it was the largest wrongful death verdict for actual damages in United States history. It remains so today.

Personal injury

Waldrip v. U-Haul International, Inc.

N/A

OUTCOME: $84,425,000.00 Verdict for Waldrip

Waldrip, 73 years old, was crushed by a 26 foot long U-Haul truck that the Plaintiffs alleged and showed was poorly maintained despite repeated complaints of maintenance failures by prior renters. ... The case was tried to verdict in 2008. The Verdict was number 5 on the National Law Journal's Top Ten Verdicts for 2008.

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