Houston, TX
Litigation Lawyer at Houston, TX
Practice Areas: Litigation, Appeals
OUTCOME: The Fifth Circuit reversed the take-nothing judgment and remanded the case for trial.
John took over Ms. Williams's Carmack Amendment case after the trial court rendered a take-nothing summary judgment on the claims.
OUTCOME: Reformed judgment striking $2.1 million in lost profit damages
In Justice Busby's unanimous opinion issued April 2, 2013, the 14th Court of Appeals struck $2.1 million in lost profits damages awarded against JM+M's client University General Hospital. Through breac ... h of contract and related claims, plaintiff Prexus sought to recover over $22 million in damages. The trial court awarded $745,000 in past damages and $2.1 million in lost future profit damages on the contract claims; Prexus took nothing on its other claims. JM+M's John McFarland and Ben Wickert tried the case and, along with Akin Gump's Murry Cohen, briefed and argued the appeal.
OUTCOME: Reversed take-nothing judgment and rendered judgment in favor of client for over $10 million.
The 14th Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's take-nothing judgment on claims asserted by a CMBS lender against the nonrecourse guarantors, and rendered judgment against them for over $10 millio ... n.
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