Recent Events

  • In September 2008, the firm settled the case of a UP brakeman injured while jumping from a moving train. Read more on this train injury case.
  • In August 2008, the firm settled the case of a BNSF locomotive engineer injured when the company van he was in backed into a concrete-filled pole. Read more on this work injury case.
  • On April 23, 2008, the firm recovered a judgment from B & M Seating on behalf of Mandy Norman.  Read more on this product liability case.
  • Alton C. Todd was recently recognized and honored as the Alum of the Month for the Department of Political Science at the University of North Texas. Read more 
  • On October 13, 2007, at the Spring Meeting of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Alton C. Todd was inducted as a Fellow in one of the premier legal associations in America for trial lawyers. Membership is by invitation only to those lawyers who have a minimum of 15 years experience. Membership is limited to less than 1 percent of the lawyers in Texas and the United States.

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Significant Cases - Product Liability

$1,500,000 Judgment: On April 23, 2008, the Law Firm of Alton C. Todd recovered a judgment of $1,500,000 from B & M Seating on behalf of Mandy Norman. Ms. Norman received serious injuries to her left arm and face when the seat back of the forward fishing chair broke and she fell overboard and was struck by the propeller. The boat was 17' Crappie 175 fishing boat model year 2001. The boat was manufactured by Tracker Marine in August 2000 and sold in 2001 by Bass Pro Outdoor World. The pedestal with warnings to not sit in the seat when moving over 5 mph was manufactured by Swivel-Eze. Tracker Marine, Bass Pro Outdoor World and Swivel-Eze settled for a confidential amount before trial. The case was tried as a product liability case in Admiralty against B&M Seating.