Bill Weinacht
Bill Weinacht recovered $1.9 million against the United States for the wrongful death of Ezequiel Hernandez, Jr. who was shot and killed by a Marine in Redford, Texas. The recovery resulted in $1.7 million net to clients after fees and expenses.
Bill Weinacht was lead counsel in the fatal car crash case against Ford Motor Company that resulted in the only jury verdict in the world where unintended acceleration and seat belt failure defects were proved in the same case. All Ford experts were cross-examined live at trial with no pretrial depositions. The entire judgment, including interest, was collected from Ford.
Bill Weinacht was lead counsel in the $19 million wrongful death settlement caused by a truck wreck on Highway 285 that was the biggest settlement in Texas for 2016 as reported by Texas Lawyer Top Verdicts & Settlements. The recovery resulted in $12.4 million net to clients after fees and expenses. This result was achieved even though the Texas DPS crash report put 100% of the factors contributing to the cause of the collision against Bill Weinacht’s client.
Bill Weinacht conducted jury selection and delivered the final closing argument on behalf of Mesa Petroleum and T. Boone Pickens to win a $146 million unanimous jury verdict. The verdict included $4 million in attorney’s fees and was later resolved by a confidential settlement.
Bill Weinacht selected the jury and delivered the final closing argument in every jury verdict over a million dollars in Reeves County, Texas through the year 2020.
Inducted into Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame 2019
Inducted into Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame 2019
Bill Weinacht
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