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Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana
Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

We studied Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana injury settlements and jury award trends. We looked at each state highest, average, and highest median awards from different districts/counties respectively. The highest award was for El Paso, Texas for $124,546,733.

In Louisiana, we studied the settlement trends in the following counties and districts: East Baton Rouge, Orleans, Lafayette, Saint Tammany, and Jefferson. In Texas, we analyzed: Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar, Jefferson, Collin, Denton, Travis, Potter, Hidalgo, Eastern District and El Paso.

Note: We did take into account several other counties and districts and their data is complied under the "other" category.

Here is what we found:

Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana Injury Settlements and Injury Awards
by County and/or District

County/District	Injury Awards
Harris, Texas	1,352
Dallas, Texas	1,090
Tarrant, Texas	476
Bexar, Texas	271
Jefferson, Texas	244
East Baton Rouge, Louisiana	187
Collin, Texas	181
Denton, Texas	168
Travis, Texas	168
Orleans, Louisiana	122
Lafayette, Louisiana	110
Potter, Texas	110
Saint Tammany, Louisiana	109
Hidalgo, Texas	106
E.D.Tex.	101
El Paso, Texas	101
Jefferson, Louisiana	95
Other	1,178

Highest Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

County/District	Highest Injury Awards
El Paso, Texas	$124,546,733
Hidalgo, Texas	$88,000,000
Dallas, Texas	$84,425,000
Harris, Texas	$82,500,000
E.D.Tex.	$24,000,000
Lafayette, Louisiana	$21,470,358
Bexar, Texas	$16,028,324
Jefferson, Texas	$10,890,000
Tarrant, Texas	$5,256,940
Denton, Texas	$3,492,800
Travis, Texas	$3,450,000
East Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$3,000,000
Collin, Texas	$2,750,000
Saint Tammany, Louisiana	$1,791,396
Orleans, Louisiana	$1,135,000
Potter, Texas	$1,100,000
Jefferson, Louisiana	$925,000
Other	$132,500,000

Average Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana Injury Settlements Jury Awards

County/District	Average Awards
El Paso, Texas	$3,180,877
Hidalgo, Texas	$2,037,554
E.D.Tex.	$1,030,148
Lafayette, Louisiana	$514,401
Dallas, Texas	$360,389
Harris, Texas	$254,009
Bexar, Texas	$232,886
Jefferson, Texas	$155,788
Travis, Texas	$118,353
Orleans, Louisiana	$133,399
East Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$103,541
Jefferson, Louisiana	$98,312
Denton, Texas	$97,625
Collin, Texas	$91,301
Saint Tammany, Louisiana	$85,503
Tarrant, Texas	$66,714
Potter, Texas	$46,521
Other	$1,685,415

Median Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana Injury Settlements Jury Awards

County/District	Median Awards
E.D.Tex.	$78,026
Saint Tammany, Louisiana	$31,432
Jefferson, Louisiana	$27,545
Lafayette, Louisiana	$26,998
East Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$26,329
Orleans, Louisiana	$24,574
Hidalgo, Texas	$15,500
Travis, Texas	$15,298
Jefferson, Texas	$14,853
Denton, Texas	$12,700
Harris, Texas	$12,000
Bexar, Texas	$11,855
El Paso, Texas	$11,700
Potter, Texas	$10,946
Dallas, Texas	$10,696
Collin, Texas	$10,500
Tarrant, Texas	$8,865
Other	$25,201

List of Highest Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana Injury Settlements

Gregory Cole v. Ford Motor Co. and Ryan Marquis Cole. Missouri Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $132,500,000.
Matter of Roberto Pacheco, Ariosto Manriquez, Manuel Parra, Maria Aguilar. Texas District Courts. Award by Jury: $124,546,733.
Bellaire nursing home residents v. Motor Coach Industries Inc. Texas District Courts. Texas County Court at Law. Award by Settlement: $88,000,000.
Talmadge Waldrip, Bernice Waldrip, Dinah Simington and Ann Boyd v. U-Haul International Inc. Texas County Court. Award by Jury: $84,425,000.
Candee Petrie v. Hanover Compression L.P. Texas District Courts. Award by Jury: $82,500,000.
Adam Rocha and Marisela Rocha v. Michelin North America Inc. Texas District Courts. Award by Jury: $41,816,001.
Boudreaux v. Gonzales Tire Co. Louisiana District Courts. Award by Jury: $32,435,048.
Guadalupe Guerra and Lisa Guerra v. Allied Van Lines Inc. Western District of Louisiana. Award by Jury: $31,903,651.
Kent Peterson and Tamara Peterson v. Cequel III Communications. Texas District Courts. Award by Jury: $29,391,378.

10. Pamela Thistlethwaite and Jonathan C. Mouton v. Rodney Gonzalez. Louisiana District Courts. Award by Jury: $29,100,000.

11. Joan Johnston v. Afton Pumps, Inc., Allis Chalmers Corporation Liability Trust, BW/IP International, Inc., CBS Corporation. Texas District Courts. Award by Jury: $27,505,938.

12. Frazier v. Honeywell Int'l. Eastern District of Texas. Award by Jury: $24,000,000.

13. Patrick Murphree and Kurrie Murphree v. Site Concrete Inc., Betty Ann Monroe, Austin Bridge & Road LP, Arch Insurance and Jaime Gonzalez. Texas District Courts. Award by Jury: $23,423,271.