Stevenson v. Caterpillar Inc. and Sears Manufacturing Company
Jan 01, 2019OUTCOME: Settled for a confidential amount.
I represented a paraplegic person who received third degree burns from a defective seat heater while operating a skid steer.
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Nelson James Roach's Legal Cases (5)
Daingerfield, TX
Personal injury Lawyer at Daingerfield, TX
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Defective and Dangerous Products ... +3 more
Hamilton v. Strube Propane
Jan 01, 2011OUTCOME: Settled for a confidential amount.
My client received sever third degree burns after a propane gas explosion at her home.
Coffee v. Freeport McMoran
Jan 01, 2010OUTCOME: Settled. Defendant agreed to remediate the soil of contaminated homes, clean contaminated homes and pay money damages. Total value to the class was over 112 million dollars
represented roughly 7,000 residents of the town of Blackwell, Oklahoma in Kay County, Oklahoma, in a class action lawsuit accusing defendants Phelps Dodge Corporation and its parent company, Freeport-M ... cMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., of failing to properly address lead, arsenic, and cadmium contamination in the Blackwell area. This contamination is related to the operation of the Blackwell Zinc Smelter, which was located in Blackwell from 1916 until 1974 and was at one time the largest smelter of its type in the United States. According to recent tests, 76 percent of Blackwell homes contain lead dust above safety levels set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and 90 percent of Blackwell homes are contaminated with arsenic above EPA safety standards. As owners of the company which operated the Blackwell Zinc Smelter, Freeport-McMoRan and Phelps Dodge are liable for contamination related to smelting activities. This lawsuit demanded that the defendants comprehensively remediate all contaminated property and reimburse residents for damage to property values. The legal action also asks defendants to provide for a medical-monitoring program open to all Blackwell residents. After extensive briefing the trial court certified the class. Not long thereafter, the case settled and provided benefits to the class totaling over $118 million, including both monetary payments and remediation services.
Data Treasury Patent Litigation
Jan 01, 2010OUTCOME: Settled. Defendants collectively paid over $500 million dollars. Net to client was over $500 Million dollars.
I represented DataTreasury Corporation in its efforts to hold the banking industry accountable for its infringement of DTC’s seminal and important patents governing electronic check processing and othe ... r systems. As part of its effort, I, along with two other lawyers, obtained a $54 million judgment on behalf of DataTreasury Corporation against US Bank for willful patent infringement. In total, over the course of a decade, my law firm filed and resolved more than 50 significant patent infringement lawsuits on behalf of DTC for a total value in excess of $500 million.
In Re: Lone Star Steel Toxic Tort Litigation
Jan 01, 2000OUTCOME: Settled Defendants paid over $150 million to my clients
I represented over 5000 steelworkers who were suing for occupational diseases against over 500 suppliers of products to the steel mill.