It’s been 10 years since Houston plaintiffs lawyer John M. O’Quinn died in a car accident, and over that entire decade, lawyers have toiled on dozens of lawsuits filed against O’Quinn’s former firm or related to his estate.

O’Quinn was well-known among the Texas trial bar for his ability to sway a jury. By 2000, he had won more than 250 cases with verdicts of $1 million or more, including $105 million in a 1984 benzene suit and $65 million in two silicone breast implant suits in the early 1990s.