Ware, Jackson, Lee, O’Neill, Smith & Barrow, LLP partner, Don Jackson, obtained as lead counsel a $26,000,000 settlement on behalf of two burn victims from a gas explosion.

The case was a claim for negligence, product defect and gross negligence. It involved a gas explosion that severely burned the two plaintiffs over most of their bodies. The defendants, after lengthy discovery and depositions, decided to settle the claim rather than taking it to trial. Plaintiffs received $15,300,000 net, after deduction of attorneys’ fees and expenses. Counsel received $10.7 million in fees and expenses.