YOUNG BOY KILLED BY DAISY BB GUN
T. Robert Hill represented the parents of a 10-year-old boy who was shot in the head and killed by a BB fired from a Daisy BB gun. Mr. Hill associated attorney Robert M. Cearley of Little Rock, Arkansas, to assist in the case. Mr. Cearley is well known for his long history of court battles with Daisy Manufacturing Company. Hill Boren and their clients believed Daisy was responsible for the death of the child by manufacturing and marketing a product that, when used as intended, was capable of killing a child. The case was settled prior to trial for a confidential sum.
BREAST IMPLANTS
Multiple women represented by Hill Boren and associate counsel, Mr. Ed Blizzard of Houston, Texas, settled cases for confidential amounts outside of the multi-district litigation and the nationally publicized "revised settlement." Hill Boren has been involved in settlements for multiple diseases and injuries suffered by Hill Boren clients for leakage and rupture of defective breast implants. Diseases included fibromyalgia, arthritis, lupus and scleroderma. One case was tried to a jury for five weeks at a cost of over $100,000.00. The jury verdict was unfavorable and the case was not appealed. Settlements by Hill Boren are the only known out-of-court settlements for breast implant victims outside of inadequate nationally revised settlements in the entire State of Tennessee. The Hill Boren team continues to negotiate with manufacturers to settle additional breast implant claims and to represent dozens of victims in the bankruptcy of Dow-Corning, the largest manufacturer of breast implants in the world.
FIRE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE TELEVISION
$250,000 SETTLEMENT
SHELBY COUNTY
Forty year old female and three year old son die from fire caused by defect in Matsushita/Quasar television. $250,000.00 settlement in Shelby County.
BUCKLE ON CANVAS TOP BREAKS
LOSS OF SIGHT IN RIGHT EYE
$190,000 LUMP SUM SETTLEMENT
Twenty-seven year old male loses partial sight in right eye when a plastic buckle on a canvas jeep top breaks and strikes him in eye. $190,000.00 lump sum settlement in Greene County.
ACETYLENE CYLINDER EXPLOSION
BURN INJURY
$6.5 MILLION FEDERAL COURT VERDICT - SETTLED
Fifty year old man suffered 70% burn when a defective acetylene cylinder that his son was using caught fire and exploded. Lawsuit against largest cylinder manufacturer in world. First trial ended in verdict for manufacturer. Appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals. Case reversed and sent back for retrial in federal court in Memphis. Two week trial resulted in jury verdict for plaintiff and wife (then ex-wife) of $6,500,000.00. Manufacturer settled without appeal. Believed to be largest single injury verdict in Shelby County history. $500,000.00 awarded ex-wife is largest loss of companionship jury verdict in West Tennessee. Mr. Hill of Hill Boren and Mr. Ralph Chapman of Chapman, Lewis & Swan, Clarksdale, Mississippi, represented plaintiff worker.