Texas WC Fund Hit with $9M Jury Verdict

On Friday, May 3, 2002 at 5:00 pm, after a three week trial, the law firm of Sullins, Johnston, Rohrbach & Magers, won a major victory sending a big message to Texas insurance companies when a jury in Richmond, Fort Bend County rendered a verdict in excess of $9 million against the Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund, which included a $3.5 million punitive damage award. Mike Johnston, Gail Magers and Bob McConn of Sullins, Johnston, Rohrbach & Magers represented Ray Ferguson Interests ("RFI") against the Fund's attorneys from Haynes & Boone, a large law firm having 9 offices and 425 att...