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October 30, 2009 |

Plaintiffs Attorney John M. O'Quinn Remembered as Being 'Bigger Than Life'

News spread fast through the legal community about the death of plaintiffs attorney John M. O'Quinn, named one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by The National Law Journal in 1997. Known for winning billions of dollars in verdicts against makers of breast implants and tobacco products, O'Quinn, 68, died Thursday in a car accident. A longtime partner remembered O'Quinn as being much like Houston, "the city that created him," adding that O'Quinn "thought there was nothing he couldn't do."
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April 30, 2012 |

The Texas 100

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March 16, 2001 |

Ruling Restricts Contractual Interference

A Texas Supreme Court ruling will make it much more difficult to recover damages for interference with a prospective contractual relationship. The case involved allegations that Wal-Mart interfered with a pending real estate deal. An attorney for Wal-Mart says the ruling stands for the proposition that "aggressive but legal interference" in a deal that's in the works cannot be attacked as tortious interference.
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November 09, 2009 |

VerdictSearch

Employer didn't breach contract when it fired manager, jury finds. Sexual harassment, gender discrimination suit settles for $60,000. Bus, car drivers equally responsible for collision, jury says. Jury awards $20,000 to motorcyclist thrown off bike in crash. Jury finds teen liable for fatal crash. Victim of fatal crash veered into truck's lane, jury finds. Electric company pays $948,000 to family of man struck on dark road.
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Texas Judge Throws Out Sensational Claims in Harassment Suit Against Texas Plaintiffs Lawyer
Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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The claims by a former paralegal against plaintiffs lawyer Richard Laminack were wild, but a Houston state court judge has ruled that there wasn't evidence to sustain them.

Fulbright Wins Dismissal of Alien Tort Claims Against El Paso
Publication Date: 2010-04-06
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The going keeps getting rougher for Alien Tort Statute plaintiffs. A Houston judge has concluded that 193 victims of terrorist bombings in Israel don't have standing to sue U.S. oil companies that made allegedly illegal payments to Saddam Hussein under the auspices of the U.N. Oil for Food program.

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