Jason Roberts v. General Motors Corporation After several years of discovery, a Texas district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against General Motors brought by the injured driver of a UPS delivery van.  In November 2000, Roberts lost control of [...]

Southwest Business Corporation (“SWBC”) has settled a commercial dispute over the payment of commissions it alleges it was owed by American Home Shield.  SWBC sued AHS after the latter terminated a brokerage contract under which SWBC had marketed AHS’s home [...]

A Texas-based developer of multi-family investment properties has agreed to voluntarily dismiss claims it brought against a California investment adviser seeking to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars in referral fees it paid to the adviser.  Internacional Reality, Inc. (“IRI”), [...]

Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young LLP (PHMY) proudly announces that Grant T. McFarland, Partner, has been accepted into the Leadership San Antonio Class 34 of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. “This year the competition for the class was [...]

Marialyn is a former school teacher, social worker, Assistant United States Attorney, briefing attorney to judges at the state, federal, trial and appellate levels, corporate counsel, most recently an attorney with Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young. The Fourth Court of [...]

Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young is one of 43 local firms to win this prestigious award and will be publicly honored at a special awards ceremony. The winners were selected based on the results of an online confidential survey completed [...]

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 [...]