A yearslong plaintiffs lawyer tiff worthy of a soap opera has ended with Corpus Christi litigator William R. “Bill” Edwards Sr. winning $255,000 in sanctions against two attorneys who brought frivolous claims to “vex and harass” him, according to a Sept. 20 final arbitration award.

Edwards and former associate Jo Emma Arechiga won the sanctions in a binding-arbitration proceeding against personal injury attorneys Stephen Carrigan and Keith Gould and 11 of their clients, who sued the Edwards Law Firm parties in 2013.