Documented Outcomes
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Civil Rights
A federal jury returned a $126 million verdict in this Oklahoma § 1983 action in April 2026.
Civil Rights
Western District of Oklahoma
Documented civil-rights jury verdict
Civil Rights
Simms v. Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority — $2 Million Jury Verdict
A federal jury returned a $2 million verdict against the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority in this § 1983 in-custody death action. Trial evidence included records indicating that five of six required cell checks were missed before the detainee was found unresponsive, and the verdict addressed the institutional deliberate-indifference claim.
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Civil Rights
Jail Medical Neglect - Diabetes
Custody-death matter involving diabetic ketoacidosis and allegations of delayed emergency care.
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Serious Negligence
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Truck Crashes
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Wrongful Death
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Catastrophic Injury
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Motorcycle Wrecks
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Premises Liability
Review a fatal-fall result and property-condition evidence information.
How To Read These Results
This library contains representative verdicts and settlements from Hicks Law Firm matters. Use the filters to compare case types, then review the trust center for important result context.
A federal jury returned a $126 million verdict in this Oklahoma § 1983 action in April 2026.
A federal jury returned a $2 million verdict against the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority in this § 1983 in-custody death action. Trial evidence included records indicating that five of six required cell checks were missed before the detainee was found unresponsive, and the verdict addressed the institutional deliberate-indifference claim.
Custody-death matter involving diabetic ketoacidosis and allegations of delayed emergency care.
Construction-injury matter arising after a dump truck contacted an overhead power line and a worker suffered severe burns.
Wrongful death matter involving an infant death, disputed evidence, and a coverage dispute.
Civil-rights matter in which reconstruction evidence was used to evaluate conflicting accounts of a police shooting.
Rear-end trucking collision matter involving driver-qualification and disputed medical-qualification issues.
Custody-death matter involving reported signs of distress, a possible mental-health crisis, and disputed monitoring and response.
Commercial-truck collision matter involving disputed responsibility among corporate defendants.
Trucking collision matter involving a disputed lane maneuver and a prior-condition defense.
Civil-rights matter involving a fatal encounter and records of prior complaints and discipline issues.
Custody death matter involving prone restraint and a disputed cause-of-death theory.
Motorcycle crash resulting in catastrophic injury and a policy-limits recovery.
Fatal ladder-fall matter that included a coverage dispute.
Custody-death matter involving disputed monitoring and an evidence-preservation issue concerning video footage.
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