Recent Results

Successful Verdicts & Settlements

Interested in finding out about some of the recent and notable cases handled by the team at The Edwards Law Firm? We are proud of the following verdicts and settlements because they represent real changes in our clients' lives and futures. Each result has provided a foundation for a more stable, brighter future for a person or family that has suffered egregious wrongs. In addition to reviewing our recent results, please feel free to call our attorneys at (361) 541-6333 to see how we can help you.

Understanding Case Results

Our firm take cases on a contingency fee basis. This means we don’t receive compensation unless we win your case. You may have seen commercials or attorney sites claiming large amounts of money won on a case. Just because there is a large jury award doesn’t mean that this amount was actually collected – a new trial could have been granted, the judgment reversed on appeal, or the defendant didn’t have sufficient financial resources to pay the award. Also, those amounts often include the money that will be given to the attorney, not just what the client will receive.

Below you will see the “net to client” amount from some of our more prominent cases. For the purpose of honesty and transparency, we show you this amount so that you can see what the client actually received as a settlement. Please note that these are just examples of past cases, and not a certain indication of the amount you will receive if your case is won. Every case is unique, and we look forward to speaking with you about your individual needs. Finally, not all our results are listed, even some of the largest, because of their sensitive nature.

$11,500,000 Total Recovery
Refinery - Fell into Tank
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $6,842,546.09
- Attorney Fees: $3,500,000.00
- Expenses: $157,453.91
$10,750,000 Total Recovery
Premises Negligence
- Injury: Head Injury
- Net to Client: $7,166,666.67
- Attorney Fees: $3,583,333.33
- Expenses: $0
$9,660,000 Total Recovery
18 Wheeler
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $6,337,277.94
- Attorney Fees: $3,197,915.63
- Expenses: $124,806.43
$9,000,000 Total Recovery
18 Wheeler
- Injury: Head Injury
- Net to Client: $5,069,061.09
- Attorney Fees: $3,600,000.00
- Expenses: $330,938.91
$8,200,000 Total Recovery
Defective Truck
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $6,308,812.01
- Attorney Fees: $1,840,544.68
- Expenses: $50,643.31
$7,810,000 Total Recovery
Premises Liability
- Injury: Rape
- Net to Client: $5,156,632.89
- Attorney Fees: $2,602,943.48
- Expenses: $50,423.63
$7,535,000 Total Recovery
Seat-belt/Rollover
- Injury: Brain Injury
- Net to Client: $4,037,523.89
- Attorney Fees: $3,014,000.00
- Expenses: $483,476.11
$7,000,000 Total Recovery
18 Wheeler
- Injury: Death/Serious Injury
- Net to Client: $4,094,098.23
- Attorney Fees: $2,800,000.00
- Expenses: $105,901.77
$6,625,000 Total Recovery
Seatback Failure
- Injury: Head Injury
- Net to Client: $3,414,561.37
- Attorney Fees: $2,650,000.00
- Expenses: $560,438.63
$5,842,228.75 Total Recovery
Oilfield Accident
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $3,441,771.42
- Attorney Fees: $2,314,953.94
- Expenses: $85,703.38
$5,820,000 Total Recovery
Tire Defect/Seatbelt
- Injury: Death/Head/Ortho
- Net to Client: $2,917,287.51
- Attorney Fees: $2,328,000.00
- Expenses: $574,712.49
$5,629,000 Total Recovery
Products/Medical Malpractice
- Injury: Paraplegic
- Net to Client: $2,987,859.17
- Attorney Fees: $2,251,600.00
- Expenses: $389,540.83
$5,000,000 Total Recovery
Oil Field
- Injury: Paraplegic
- Net to Client: $2,899,152.55
- Attorney Fees: $1,900,428.30
- Expenses: $200,419.15
$5,000,000 Total Recovery
18 Wheeler
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $2,882,886.42
- Attorney Fees: $2,000,000.00
- Expenses: $117,113.58
$5,000,000 Total Recovery
Hospital Negligence
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $3,307,802.88
- Attorney Fees: $1,668,484.01
- Expenses: $23,713.11
$5,000,000 Total Recovery
House Fire
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $2,796,622.38
- Attorney Fees: $2,000,000.00
- Expenses: $203,377.62
$4,960,000 Total Recovery
Defect Gas Leak RV
- Injury: Burns/Death
- Net to Client: $2,937,381.76
- Attorney Fees: $1,884,800.00
- Expenses: $137,818.24
$4,604,599.34 Total Recovery
Products/Brakes/Belts
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $2,402,721.63
- Attorney Fees: $1,841,839.73
- Expenses: $360,037.98
$4,525,000 Total Recovery
Watercraft
- Injury: Head Injury
- Net to Client: $2,572,993.56
- Attorney Fees: $1,810,000.00
- Expenses: $142,006.44
$4,500,000 Total Recovery
Nursing Home
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $2,987,375.89
- Attorney Fees: $1,500,000.00
- Expenses: $12,624.11
$4,500,000 Total Recovery
Defective Seatbelt
- Injury: Quadraplegic
- Net to Client: $2,359,941.38
- Attorney Fees: $1,800,000.00
- Expenses: $340,058.62
$4,150,000 Total Recovery
Rehab Hospital
- Injury: Head Injury/ Coma
- Net to Client: $2,707,731.70
- Attorney Fees: $1,383,333.33
- Expenses: $58,934.97
$4,100,000 Total Recovery
Tire/Rollover
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $2,436,764.23
- Attorney Fees: $1,640,000.00
- Expenses: $23,235.77
$3,900,000 Total Recovery
Defective Product
- Injury: Burn Injuries
- Net to Client: $2,020,992.98
- Attorney Fees: $1,395,486.97
- Expenses: $483,520.05
$3,750,000 Total Recovery
Aircraft Defect
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $2,356,570.91
- Attorney Fees: $1,216,855.01
- Expenses: $176,574.08
$3,350,000 Total Recovery
Defective Tire/Rollover
- Injury: Broken Neck
- Net to Client: $2,071,617.84
- Attorney Fees: $1,035,808.92
- Expenses: $242,573.24
$3,249,960 Total Recovery
18 Wheeler
- Injury: Death - Fire
- Net to Client: $1,560,021.16
- Attorney Fees: $1,299,984.00
- Expenses: $390,374.64
$3,150,000 Total Recovery
18 Wheeler
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,715,071.30
- Attorney Fees: $1,260,000.00
- Expenses: $174,928.70
$3,149,312.70 Total Recovery
Seatbelt Defect
- Injury: Partial Paralysis
- Net to Client: $1,798,519.89
- Attorney Fees: $1,251,725.08
- Expenses: $99,067.73
$3,085,000 Total Recovery
Refinery Explosion
- Injury: Burns
- Net to Client: $1,610,479.28
- Attorney Fees: $936,666.66
- Expenses: $537,854.06
$3,000,000 Total Recovery
Vehicle Accident
- Injury: Back Injuries
- Net to Client: $1,703,444.68
- Attorney Fees: $1,200,000.00
- Expenses: $96,555.32
$3,000,000 Total Recovery
Vehicle Accident/Employer
- Injury: Back Injuries
- Net to Client: $1,749,410.49
- Attorney Fees: $1,200,000.00
- Expenses: $50,589.51
$3,000,000 Total Recovery
Motorcycle Tire Defect
- Injury: Death & Head
- Net to Client: $1,619,223.96
- Attorney Fees: $1,200,000.00
- Expenses: $345,776.04
$3,000,000 Total Recovery
Oil Rig
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,690,662.04
- Attorney Fees: $1,200,000.00
- Expenses: $109,337.96
$3,000,000 Total Recovery
Defective Firearm
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,964,793.63
- Attorney Fees: $1,000,000.00
- Expenses: $35,206.37
$2,900,000 Total Recovery
Products/Faulty Welds
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,484,455.10
- Attorney Fees: $1,160,000.00
- Expenses: $255,544.90
$2,743,748.34 TOTAL RECOVERY
Oilfield Accident
- Injury: Partial Hand Amputation
- Net to Client: $1,778,268.32
- Attorney Fees: $914,582.88
- Expenses: $50,897.14
$2,550,000 Total Recovery
Defective Vehicle
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,471,900.52
- Attorney Fees: $1,020,000.00
- Expenses: $58,099.48
$2,500,000 Total Recovery
Defective Vehicle
- Injury: Quadraplegic
- Net to Client: $1,414,182.30
- Attorney Fees: $825,385.79
- Expenses: $260,431.92
$2,500,000 Total Recovery
18 Wheeler
- Injury: Mulitple Femur Fractures
- Net to Client: $1,428,936.89
- Attorney Fees: $1,000,000.00
- Expenses: $71,063.11
$2,500,000 Total Recovery
Defective Seatbelt
- Injury: Death/Paralysis
- Net to Client: $1,171,738.27
- Attorney Fees: $1,000,000.00
- Expenses: $328,261.73
$2,500,000 Total Recovery
Nursing Home
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,371,310.32
- Attorney Fees: $1,125,000.00
- Expenses: $3,689.68
$2,500,000 Total Recovery
Premises/Fell Through Roof
- Injury: Broken Back
- Net to Client: $1,386,867.93
- Attorney Fees: $1,000,000.00
- Expenses: $113,132.07
$2,500,000 Total Recovery
Products/Seatbelt
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,208,208.78
- Attorney Fees: $960,000.00
- Expenses: $331,291.22
$2,475,000 Total Recovery
Oilfield Accident
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,622,530.50
- Attorney Fees: $825,000.00
- Expenses: $27,469.51
$2,450,000 Total Recovery
Defective Product
- Injury: Burns
- Net to Client: $1,476,415.16
- Attorney Fees: $860,000.00
- Expenses: $113,584.84
$2,250,000 Total Recovery
18 Wheeler
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,320,073.39
- Attorney Fees: $880,048.94
- Expenses: $50,238.64
$2,000,000 Total Recovery
Defective Tire
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,110,046.86
- Attorney Fees: $800,000.00
- Expenses: $89,953.14
$2,000,000 Total Recovery
Employee – Death
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,040,140.27
- Attorney Fees: $800,000.00
- Expenses: $159,859.73
$2,000,000 Total Recovery
Pharmaceutical
- Injury: Renal Failure
- Net to Client: $1,060,696.68
- Attorney Fees: $800,000.00
- Expenses: $139,303.32
$1,975,000 Total Recovery
Motorcycle/18 Wheeler
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,066,219.84
- Attorney Fees: $790,000.00
- Expenses: $118,780.16
$1,950,000 Total Recovery
Tire Defect – Tread Separation
- Injury: Fractures of Pelvis; C7; L5; Iliac Wing
- Net to Client: $1,125,307.00
- Attorney Fees: $750,204.67
- Expenses: $74,488.32
$1,925,000 Total Recovery
Seatback Failure
- Injury: Back/Neck
- Net to Client: $1,106,350.76
- Attorney Fees: $770.000.00
- Expenses: $48,649.24
$1,800,000 Total Recovery
Defective Tire
- Injury: Death of a child
- Net to Client: $1,054,697.35
- Attorney Fees: $684,000.00
- Expenses: $61,302.65
$1,775,000 Total Recovery
18 Wheeler
- Injury: Death of a child
- Net to Client: $1,054,523.44
- Attorney Fees: $710,000.00
- Expenses: $10,476.56
$1,750,000 Total Recovery
Defective Seatbelt
- Injury: Quadriplegic
- Net to Client: $609,303.48
- Attorney Fees: $875,000.00
- Expenses: $265,696.52
$1,750,000 Total Recovery
Tire/Vehicle Defect
- Injury: Head Injury
- Net to Client: $952,035.98
- Attorney Fees: $678,000.00
- Expenses: $119,964.02
$1,700,000 Total Recovery
Tire Defect
- Injury: Neck Fusion
- Net to Client: $796,430.92
- Attorney Fees: $765,000.00
- Expenses: $138,569.08
$1,700,000 Total Recovery
Defective Crane
- Injury: Crushed Leg & Back Injuries
- Net to Client: $1,227,000.43
- Attorney Fees: $566,333.33
- Expenses: $30,389.61
$1,700,000 Total Recovery
Defective Vehicle
- Injury: Quadriplegic
- Net to Client: $978,290.36
- Attorney Fees: $680,000.00
- Expenses: $41,709.64
$1,600,000 Total Recovery
Fall – Tanker Truck
- Injury: Head Injuries
- Net to Client: $855,002.26
- Attorney Fees: $415,906.68
- Expenses: $329,091.06
$1,600,000 Total Recovery
Product Defect Wheelchair
- Injury: Leg Fracture
- Net to Client: $902,409.25
- Attorney Fees: $639,999.70
- Expenses: $57,509.75
$1,550,000 Total Recovery
Defective Tire
- Injury: Mulitple Femur Fractures
- Net to Client: $905,493.05
- Attorney Fees: $516,666.66
- Expenses: $127,840.29
$1,500,000 Total Recovery
Defective Tire
- Injury: Head Injury/ Ortho
- Net to Client: $748,290.09
- Attorney Fees: $600,000.00
- Expenses: $151,709.91
$1,500,000 Total Recovery
Defective Rim
- Injury: Head/Facial Injury
- Net to Client: $846,856.42
- Attorney Fees: $600,000.00
- Expenses: $53,143.58
$1,500,000 Total Recovery
Defective Seatbelt
- Injury: Ejection - Death
- Net to Client: $796,674.13
- Attorney Fees: $600,000.00
- Expenses: $103,325.87
$1,500,000 Total Recovery
Tire Defect
- Injury: Head Injury/ Ortho
- Net to Client: $537,427.63
- Attorney Fees: $537,427.62
- Expenses: $425,144.75
$1,345,848 Total Recovery
Medical Malpractice
- Injury: Head Injury
- Net to Client: $808,499.53
- Attorney Fees: $488,616.00
- Expenses: $88,732.47
$1,325,900 Total Recovery
Medical Malpractice
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $720,758.96
- Attorney Fees: $530,360.00
- Expenses: $74,781.04
$1,325,900 Total Recovery
Medical Malpractice
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $720,758.96
- Attorney Fees: $530,360.00
- Expenses: $74,781.04
$1,300,000 Total Recovery
Nursing Home
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $1,226,305.34
- Attorney Fees: $433,333.33
- Expenses: $39,666.24
$1,250,000 Total Recovery
Dram Shop
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $831,233.71
- Attorney Fees: $416,666.66
- Expenses: $2,099.63
$1,250,000 Total Recovery
Defective Tire
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $669,231.47
- Attorney Fees: $500,000.00
- Expenses: $80,768.53
$1,200,000 Total Recovery
Defective Tire
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $615,458.38
- Attorney Fees: $456,962.28
- Expenses: $127,579.34
$1,200,000 Total Recovery
Commercial Fraud
- Injury: Financial
- Net to Client: $6596,209.21
- Attorney Fees: $298,585.66
- Expenses: $14,414.34
$1,100,000 Total Recovery
Defective Seatbelt
- Injury: Death
- Net to Client: $483,116.80
- Attorney Fees: $440,000.00
- Expenses: $176,883.20
$1,000,000 Total Recovery
Defective Crane Wire
- Injury: Multiple Femur Fractures
- Net to Client: $554,137.89
- Attorney Fees: $400,000.00
- Expenses: $45,862.11
$1,000,000 Total Recovery
Defective Vehicle
- Injury: Head Injury/Ortho
- Net to Client: $440,977.45
- Attorney Fees: $400,000.00
- Expenses: $159,022.55
$1,000,000 Total Recovery
Premises
- Injury: Rape
- Net to Client: $656,175.60
- Attorney Fees: $333,333.33
- Expenses: $10,491.07

Injury: Death

Net to Client: $6,842,546.09

Attorney Fees: $3,500,000.00

Expenses: $157,453.91

Injury: Head Injury

Net to Client: $7,166,666.67

Attorney Fees: $3,583,333.33

Expenses: $0

Injury: Death

Net to Client: $6,337,277.94

Attorney Fees: $3,197,915.63

Expenses: $124,806.43

Injury: Head Injury

Net to Client: $5,069,061.09

Attorney Fees: $3,600,000.00

Expenses: $330,938.91

Injury: Death

Net to Client: $6,308,812.01

Attorney Fees: $1,840,544.68

Expenses: $50,643.31

Injury: Rape

Net to Client: $5,156,632.89

Attorney Fees: $2,602,943.48

Expenses: $50,423.63

Injury: Brain Injury

Net to Client: $4,037,523.89

Attorney Fees: $3,014,000.00

Expenses: $483,476.11

Injury: Death/Serious Injury

Net to Client: $4,094,098.23

Attorney Fees: $2,800,000.00

Expenses: $105,901.77

Injury: Head Injury

Net to Client: $3,414,561.37

Attorney Fees: $2,650,000.00

Expenses: $560,438.63

Injury: Death

Net to Client: $3,441,771.42

Attorney Fees: $2,314,953.94

Expenses: $85,703.38

Injury: Death/Head/Ortho

Net to Client: $2,917,287.51

Attorney Fees: $2,328,000.00

Expenses: $574,712.49

Injury: Paraplegic

Net to Client: $2,987,859.17

Attorney Fees: $2,251,600.00

Expenses: $389,540.83

Injury: Paraplegic

Net to Client: $2,899,152.55

Attorney Fees: $1,900,428.30

Expenses: $200,419.15

Injury: Death

Net to Client: $2,882,886.42

Attorney Fees: $2,000,000.00

Expenses: $117,113.58

Injury: Death

Net to Client: $3,307,802.88

Attorney Fees: $1,668,484.01

Expenses: $23,713.11

Injury: Death

Net to Client: $2,796,622.38

Attorney Fees: $2,000,000.00

Expenses: $203,377.62

Injury: Burns/Death

Net to Client: $2,937,381.76

Attorney Fees: $1,884,800.00

Expenses: $137,818.24

Injury: Death

Net to Client: $2,402,721.63

Attorney Fees: $1,841,839.73

Expenses: $360,037.98

Injury: Head Injury

Net to Client: $2,572,993.56

Attorney Fees: $1,810,000.00

Expenses: $142,006.44

Injury: Death

Net to Client: $2,987,375.89

Attorney Fees: $1,500,000.00

Expenses: $12,624.11