Corpus Christi jury awards security officer $25 million in injury lawsuit

[TexasTowelie]

CORPUS CHRISTI — A Corpus Christi jury has awarded a Corpus Christi man $25 million after he was assaulted in 2008 at an uptown building.

Leo Davila, a night security officer for American Bank Plaza, was patrolling the plaza’s loading dock Sept. 9, 2008, when he was confronted by a man who tried to break into the building, said Robert Hilliard, one of Davila’s attorneys.

When Davila tried to stop the man, he attacked Davila. Davila sustained brain injuries, crushed facial bones and blindness, attorney Ruben Herrera said.

Davila’s attorneys, Hilliard and Thomas J. Henry, argued during last week’s trial that American Bank Plaza’s management company and owner should have installed a security gate that would have prevented the assault.

More at http://www.caller.com/news/2013/jun/03/corpus-christi-jury-awards-security-officer-25/ .

[Ilsa]

1. Corpus Christi citizens have awarded some HUGE

Awards. One that comes to mind was for a plastic surgeon who whose business was torn apart by faulty breast implants. He sued the manufacturer and was awarded something like $12 million, which was astounding in the mid-1980s.

[TexasTowelie]

2. With my experience on tort reform

I know that Nueces, Cameron and Jefferson counties were viewed suspiciously by insurance companies when underwriting policyholders due to large jury awards. The insurance companies argued that the juries were willing to make those awards because it was the equivalent of the entire county winning the lottery since the settlement money would be redistributed to the businesses where they were located.

I guess some people still believe in "trickle-down" economics?