| Following the Harris county “master complaint” against hundreds of utility generators, power plants, and retailers, Judge Mike Engelhart has issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) today at 2:40 pm that filed by Brent Coon & Associates and Robins Cloud LLP. The TRO prohibits the defendant from destroying evidence associated with the massive blackout in February resulting in millions of people being in the dark, days of suffering, extensive property damage, and loss of life. As a result, the TRO provides lead counsel the opportunity to obtain documents as part of a thorough investigation into root causes of the failure and fault and ultimately determine who was responsible. The underlying lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of thousands of angry and injured customers that lost power and/or were gouged with sky-high utility bills. “We knew it was essential to get a judge to enter an early opinion that otherwise, as we all too often see, evidence mysteriously disappears due to dubious document retainer policies within the industry,” says attorney Brent Coon. To download a copy of the TRO, please click on this link: https://www.bcoonlaw.com/texas-power-failure-litigation-tro/ |
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ABOUT ROBINS CLOUD: Robins Cloud was founded in 1998 in Houston, Texas, and our attorneys have over 30 years of experience in handling complex litigation including claims arising from severe personal injury and death, property damage and business losses, and have recovered billions for our clients.
Robins Cloud has been recognized as a national leader by its peers in mass tort litigation throughout the nation. We have served in leadership positions in numerous mass torts, including recently as co-lead counsel in the North Bay Fire litigation against Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) which resulted in a global
settlement of $13.5 Billion on behalf of families and businesses who lost their properties and suffered damages because of fires caused by the utility. We have also served as lead counsel or co-lead counsel in dozens of jury trials resulting in over $350 Million in verdicts.
ABOUT BCA: Brent Coon & Associates was founded in 2001. Today, with multiple satellite offices around the country and hundreds of associated firms in various practice areas, it is one of the most recognized trial law firms in the nation and the epitome of the 21st century law practice. Brent Coon & Associates employs a full complement of aggressive litigators with solid experience in individual and complex multi-party, occupational/environmental, health and personal injury cases.
BCA is a public policy firm and has worked with numerous state and federal investigative agencies, including the Department of Justice, multiple state Attorneys General, the United States Chemical and Hazards Investigation Board. BCA serves as institutional or advisory counsel to numerous agencies and organizations, including the United Steelworkers, pilot unions, railroad and other transportation unions. Their work in this arena has led to widespread improvements in the safety and working conditions of industries throughout America and abroad.
The firm and founder have been repeatedly recognized by most leading journals and legal associations including Texas Lawyer Litigation Department of the Year (2013); Forbes “Lawyer of the Month” and Forbes “Top 75 Litigation Firms”; MTMP “Clarence Darrow Award”; Texas Monthly Magazine “Texas Super Lawyers” (2007-2015); “Best Lawyers in America”; Lawdragon “”500 Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America”; “American Association of Justice”