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Freese & Goss Law Firm

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Freese and Goss has won over a billion dollars on behalf of clients.  Here is a list of some of the monumental legal cases handled by Richard Freese and Tim Goss.

• Verdict: $150,000,000. A multi-plaintiff personal injury action against the maker of the weight loss drug, Fen-Phen.
  Washington, et al. v. American Home Products Corp., et al. , CA 99-0035, in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Mississippi.
  
• Verdict: $71,265,000. A case involving consumer loan fraud and predatory lending. The verdict has the distinction of being the forty-third largest verdict in the United States in 2001.
  Blackmon, et al. v. Washington Mutual Finance Group, LLC, in the Circuit Court of Holmes County, Mississippi.
  
• Settlement: $50,000,000. A mass tort products liability action against makers of antipsychotic pharmaceuticals.
  
• Settlement: $33,000,000. A mass tort products liability action against major corporations for environmental contamination claims and resulting personal injuries.
  
• Settlement: $25,000,000. A mass tort products liability action for personal injuries arising out of use of Cox 2-inbibitor pharmaceuticals.
  
• Verdict: $30,000,000. Products liability wrongful death action against the maker of the diabetes drug Rezulin.  Soto, et al. v. Warner-Lambert Company, et al., in 93^rd Judicial District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas.
  
• Verdict: $19,000,000. A toxic tort case brought on behalf of multiple plaintiffs for personal injuries arising out of environmental pollution.  Simon v. Chevron, in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Mississippi.
  
• Settlement: $17,500,000. A mass tort products liability action for personal injuries arising out of use of a diabetes drug.
  
• Settlement: $10,000,000. A mass tort products liability action on behalf of homeowners whose houses were damaged by EIFS building product.
  
• Verdict: $8,000,000. An action on behalf of a cellular telephone agent against Bell South for fraud, breach of contract, and business interference. Cellulink v. Bell South Cellular, in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama.
  
• Verdict: $5,000,000. An action for wrongful death arising out of railroad negligence at a railroad crossing.  Travis v. Illinois Central, in the Circuit Court of Holmes County, Mississippi.
  
• Settlement: $7,000,000. A class action on behalf of consumers subject to predatory lending practices.  Levi Baker v. Washington Mutual Finance Group, LLC, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.