Fierro v. General Motors Corp. A Travis County jury exonerated General Motors of any negligence with regard to the stability and handling design of the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban at the close of a three-week trial in Austin. The case was [...]

Newsome v. General Motors Corp. An El Paso jury determined that General Motors was not liable for the death of El Paso resident Dominic Sol Newsome.  Mr. Newsome was killed in an automobile accident in 1997 when his S-10 pickup [...]

Siemens v. i2 Technologies In early 2007, PHMY partner Tony Avey represented i2 Technologies in an ICC arbitration in Brussels, Belgium arising out of a commercial dispute between i2 and international technology giant, Siemens SBS. The arbitration was governed by [...]

In re Ford Motor Company In an opinion in December 2006, the San Antonio Court of Appeals ordered that all of the plaintiffs in a wrongful death claim, including the estate of the decedent, will have to litigate their claims [...]

Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young LLP ranked number one in the percentage of minorities performing work on behalf of General Motors Corporation (GM) in 2005 and 2006 out of GM’s fifteen top-billing firms worldwide. GM’s Vice President and General Counsel [...]

Colp v. Ford Motor Co PHMY’s David Prichard successfully defended Ford Motor Company before a Georgia state court jury in January 2007. The case arose out of a moderate impact into the side of a 1995 Ford Aerostar minivan. The [...]