On Edna Anderson’s 100th birthday, Tarrant County 153rd District Judge Ken Curry signed a $1.1 million final judgment in her favor in a negligence suit against the independent living complex, where she resided, and affiliated parties, says her lawyer Brian Butcher.

Butcher, an associate with Hurst’s Noteboom — The Law Firm, says he persuaded the jury to award Anderson compensatory and punitive damages by saying less, rather than more, about what she deserved during closing argument.