Trial Attorney Chris Simmons Honored as Trailblazer Among Plaintiffs Lawyers
Co-founder of Dallas trial firm Lyons & Simmons selected for ability to effect change
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DALLAS, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Trial lawyer Chris Simmons, co-founder of Lyons & Simmons, LLP, is among a select group recognized by the
National Law Journal as Plaintiffs Lawyers Trailblazers, attorneys who are born leaders.
One of only 52 attorneys nationwide honored, Simmons was chosen based not only on his litigation success, but also for his role as an agent of change. Even before becoming a lawyer, I always found myself empathizing and sympathizing with the plight of people who had suffered wrongly. I wanted to fight for them. I wanted to effect something positive for people who have suffered. It s in my DNA, he told the
Lyons & Simmons Trial Lawyers Secure Record Verdict
Midland jury finds DanCar Industries and its worker negligent in collision that killed three children
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DALLAS, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A jury in Midland County has returned a $5.9 million verdict against Glen Rose, Texas-based energy construction company DanCar Energy Construction, LLC, finding it responsible for a 2017 multiple-fatality accident caused by an employee speeding to a jobsite in inclement weather.
Jurors agreed that both DanCar and its employee bore responsibility for the collision. The company s policy required that workers show up and sign in on inclement weather days to get paid.
Cornerstone Baptist Church is launching a grocery store to address food insecurity in South Dallas
Church officials found an unlikely inspiration for an urban market: Royal Blue Grocery.
Cornerstone Church Pastor Chris Simmons (right) is opening a small non-profit grocery mart in a South Dallas neighborhood. Donald Wesson Jr. (left), Cornerstone’s program director, says he knows that’s going to be difficult in this neighborhood. That’s why he looked for a different model for the market.(Nitashia Johnson / (Special Contributor/Nitashia Jo)
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“I’m just trying to help out,” Sheffield says.
Struggs, 66, feels lucky to have everything he needs within blocks of his home. “It’s a blessing,” he says. “I can have clean clothes and get hot food,” all in one special place.