Nationally Recognized "Top 100 Lawyer" Keeps Getting Top 100 Verdicts
Nationally Recognized "Top 100 Lawyer" Keeps Getting Top 100 Verdicts
Perennial “Top 100 Lawyer” Brent Coon and Brent Coon and Associates have again fought their way into the elite “Top 100 Verdicts of the Year”. On Monday, May 7, 2018, a Las Vegas, Nevada Federal Court returned a unanimous verdict of five million dollars in favor of an injured railroad worker against his employer, Union Pacific Railroad (Gibbons vs Union Pacific RR Company). The Court accepted and entered judgment on May 8, 2018. The pre-trial settlement offer was only $150,000.00 This follows on the heels of securing a “Top 100 Verdict of 2017” last year in Texas with a $7 Million verdict on behalf of a contractor company against Houston Independent School District (Fort Bend Mechanical vs HISD) for breach of contract on a zero settlement offer case, and over a million dollars in a “Top 100 Verdicts of 2016” on a premises security case (Cadriel vs. Woven Metal Products, et al).
Greg Gibbons’ truck after the bridge collapse
Mr. Coon and members of his firm have successfully tried hundreds of cases all across the country, collecting more than one billion dollars in verdicts and settlements.
Attorney Brent Coon
Brent Coon and Associates has a wealth of experience representing clients in a broad array of legal specialties. Below are a few of the many areas of focus and communication. However, should you have any legal need, contact the law firm of Brent Coon and Associates and we will give your situation the focus and attention it deserves.
- WORKPLACE INJURY
- ASBESTOS/LUNG CANCER
- PERSONAL INJURY
- AUTO ACCIDENTS
- HURRICANE RECOVERY
- PHARMACEUTICAL INJURIES
- BUSINESS LITIGATION
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS
For more information, please visit www.bcoonlaw.com or call 409-222-2222
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