In a business partnership that went horribly awry, a Texas jury awarded a $32 million verdict to a Kendall County man earlier this month in a breach-of-contract lawsuit against his former partner, whom he claims engaged in a series of unethical and violent behavior, including physically trying to remove him from the company’s premises.

The April 20 verdict, handed down in Judge Vincent Santini’s courtroom, may be one of the biggest jury verdicts in Texas this year.