South Texas’ most interesting settlement fraud case—as painstakingly detailed in two separate recent Texas Supreme Court opinions—is heading back to an intermediate appellate court for yet another look.
The case, Ford Motor Co. v. Ezequiel Castillo, is the stuff of Texas courtroom legend, as it involves an imprisoned former state district judge, a strange jury note that led to a hasty $3 million settlement in that judge’s court, and a corporate defendant that later proved that it settled as a result of fraud. [See " $3 Million Settlement 'Procured by Fraud,' Texas Lawyer, July 3, 2014.]
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