Brewer & Pritchard Wins Jury Verdict for Sandstone Products, Inc.; Jury Returns $5.4 Million Verdict for Deceptive Trade Practices and Fraud.HOUSTON -- Following a month-long trial, a Houston jury returned a $5.4 million verdict for fraud and deceptive trade practices in Harris County Harris County is the name of several counties in the United States:
Sandstone had claimed that Scott Bader, Inc., an Ohio subsidiary of British-based, Scott Bader Ltd., and Houston distributor, NPCI NPCI Nikon Photo Contest International NPCI Native Plant Conservation Initiative NPCI Nouveau Parti Communiste Italien NPCi National Payments Corporation of India NPCI Nuclear Power Corporation of India NPCI National Petrochemical Company of Iran (National Pigments and Chemicals, Inc.), knowingly produced and sold the raw material, a styrene sty·rene n. A colorless oily liquid from which polystyrenes, plastics, and synthetic rubber are produced. Also called vinylbenzene. acrylic resin marketed as "Texygel" for Sandstone's roof coating. On the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of trial, Judge Wood ruled that the material failed to meet specifications, and that the specifications were modified. Prior to the trial, Judge Wood also entered an order of sanctions for $69,000 for the defendants' knowing destruction and withholding of documents important to the case. The jury verdict followed a month of trial and 7 days of deliberation. Mark Brewer of Houston-based Brewer & Pritchard tried the lawsuit. "This trial was about people honoring their word and their warranty," said Brewer. "The evidence showed that Sandstone 's efforts to produce a good product were stymied by Scott Bader's knowingly deceptive acts and its sale of raw materials which did not meet Bader's representations in their product literature, brochures and even their correspondence." "I'm gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that the jury reaffirmed the importance of honesty and integrity for companies doing business in Texas," Brewer added. Mark Brewer is the named-principal in Brewer & Pritchard, P.C. and has been a trial lawyer for his entire 24 year career - including 4 years as a JAG judge advocate general (J.A.G.) n. a military officer who advises the government on courts-martial and administers the conduct of courts-martial. The officers who are judge advocates and counsel assigned to the accused come from the office of the judge advocate military prosecutor in the Air Force. |
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