{"id":685,"date":"2025-06-27T18:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=685"},"modified":"2025-06-27T18:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:17:13","slug":"texas-supreme-court-makes-common-sense-decision-reversing-crazy-appellate-court-awarding-100-million-judgment-in-crash-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-makes-common-sense-decision-reversing-crazy-appellate-court-awarding-100-million-judgment-in-crash-case\/","title":{"rendered":"TEXAS SUPREME COURT MAKES COMMON SENSE DECISION REVERSING CRAZY APPELLATE COURT AWARDING $100 MILLION JUDGMENT IN CRASH CASE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The case stretches back to a 2018 trial in which a Houston jury returned what stands as one of the highest monetary judgments against a motor carrier. (Werner Enterprises)<\/span><\/div>\n

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The Texas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Werner Enterprises<\/a>, reversing a $100 million jury verdict against the motor carrier upheld by an appellate court in a 2014 fatal crash in which a pickup truck lost control on a slick interstate, traveled across the highway median and collided with a Werner tractor traveling on the opposite stretch of road.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe foregoing holdings dispose of all claims and require rendition of judgment for the defendants,\u201d the Texas high court wrote in a June 27 ruling<\/a>. \u201cThe court of appeals\u2019 judgment is reversed, and judgment is rendered for the defendants.\u201d<\/p>\n

The case stretches back to a 2018 trial<\/a> in which a Houston jury returned what stands as one of the highest monetary judgments against a motor carrier. Werner first appealed the jury verdict in October 2018 to the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston. That appeal ultimately was denied<\/a> in a 5-4 decision after languishing in the legal system for several years.<\/p>\n

In its case before the state appeals court, Werner objected to the jury\u2019s finding that the driver and company were negligent and also to the judge\u2019s decision to allow certain evidence in the case. Werner also objected to the jury\u2019s award of future medical care expenses for the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n

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