Tony Buzbee’s client, Rafael Ortega, a Mexican grocery store chain owner, won a jury verdict awarding nearly $30 million in damages and $5.2 million in exemplary damages. Ortega and his companies won that verdict against defendants that allegedly sold or helped sell additional stores to them, and then opened rival retail outlets, violating a noncompete agreement.

A jury issued its ruling on May 15, after a two-week trial.

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