Verdicts & Settlements

Over the years, Prince, Glover & Hayes has been blessed enough to obtain several multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements for their clients, a few notable ones are listed below:

$43.8 Million Environmental Jury Verdict
$15.5 Million Jury Verdict
$3.5 Million Jury Verdict
$3 Million Environmental Settlement
Confidential Settlements

$43.8 Million Environmental Jury Verdict

On October 3, 2001, a Hale County jury ordered Plantation Pipeline to pay Walter B. Chandler, his son and a family trust $43.8 million, including $37 million in punitive damages. The plaintiff’s sued Plantation Pipeline and Chevron after Mr. Chandler dug an irrigation well on his small farm and struck gasoline. Chevron settled before trial for an undisclosed amount. At trial, it was proven that Plantation Pipeline was responsible for 750,000 to 1,000,000 gallons of gasoline that leaked from their pipeline and migrated onto the plaintiffs’ property.

$15.5 Million Jury Verdict

In 1999, Robert F. Prince and Prince, Glover & Hayes set the record for the largest jury verdict ever in Tuscaloosa County, with a verdict of $3.5 million. On October 20, 2004, The Prince Law Firm team surpassed its own record. Robert F. Prince and Matt Glover obtained a $15.5 million verdict for a client who was involved in a horrifying automobile accident, with a double tractor trailer owned by Roadway Express Trucking Company, one of the largest trucking companies in the United States. The company gave the keys to one of its drivers who had nine previous traffic accidents and several motorist complaints while working for Roadway Express. The driver of the Roadway Express truck crossed over the median, drove into the oncoming line of traffic and struck our client’s vehicle head on, causing her severe injuries. Despite the on-scene efforts of Roadway’s “risk control” team, the evidence clearly indicated Roadway’s fault and the jury’s verdict sends a loud message to trucking companies across the United States.

$3.5 Million Jury Verdict

This case set the record in June 1999 for the largest jury verdict ever awarded in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Senior Partner Robert F. Prince and his team at Prince, Glover & Hayes earned a $3.5 million verdict for the estate of an 18 year-old victim involved in a tragic auto accident. On November 29, 1996, the day after Thanksgiving, a Gillan Trucking Co. driver, who later tested positive for drugs, began a trip from Mississippi to Alabama. The driver, in his early 20s at the time, recklessly rounded a sharp curve along the highway, and seconds later drove over the top of a car, taking the life of the driver.

$3 Million Environmental Settlement

This case is just one example of an environmental trespass/nuisance case handled by Prince, Glover & Hayes. The case involved a wood processing plant that failed to take appropriate measures to keep its environmental waste from interfering with the lives and property of neighboring residents. Fumes and spontaneous combustion pollutants created by the plant left soot and residue on cars and other property of the nearby residents and caused many to experience sinus, allergy and other health problems. The total settlement in the amount of $3 million for the plaintiffs marked another victory for Prince, Glover & Hayes.

Confidential Settlements

Prince, Glover & Hayes achieved solid results after a life-altering automobile accident involving a talented and promising 16 year old young man. In a products liability case against a major automotive manufacturer, a confidential settlement was reached in the spring of 2007. This tragic case should have resulted in relatively minor injuries, had a faulty and unsafe design been corrected. Instead, the collision resulted in a traumatic brain injury that has forever-altered this young man’s dreams and goals. With this settlement this young man will not have to worry about his financial or medical needs.
Represented the survivor of a truck wreck in construction zone against one of the Nation’s largest construction companies, Pickens County
Federal court case involving two sisters killed in trucking case, driver over the maximum number of hours
Represented the family of a child who died while in custody of juvenile detention facility, Tuscaloosa County
Represented a victim’s family in a Tuscaloosa trucking case in which the truck driver had been driving 42 straight days - well over the federal limit
Represented the family of a woman who burned to death, against a trucking company in Federal Court
Represented a survivor of a horrific wreck with a Coal Truck—Tuscaloosa County
Represented 2 burn victims in a products liability action involving an explosion at an oil refinery
Pickens County trucking case involving a family catastrophically injured when hit from behind by a trucking company

These recoveries are not an indication of future results. Every case is different, and regardless of what friends, family, or other individuals may say about what a case is worth, each case must be evaluated on its own facts and circumstances as they apply to the law. The valuation of a case depends on the facts, the injuries, the jurisdiction, the venue, the witnesses, the parties, and the testimony, among other factors. Furthermore, no representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.