Contact
HDBDK
6688 N. CENTRAL EXPY.
SUITE 1000
DALLAS, TEXAS 75206
Tel. 214-369-2100
Fax.
214-369-2118
Areas of Practice
Product Liability
Toxic Torts
Business Litigation
Personal Injury Defense
Deceptive Trade
Practices Act/Warranty
Breach of Contract
Education
Columbia University School of Law, J.D. 1994
Louisiana State University, B.A. (with honors) 1991
Bar & Court Admissions
Texas
U. S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
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José M. Luzarraga
ABOUT
José M. Luzarraga is a partner in the Dallas office
of Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, LLP. He is a trial lawyer
that focuses on product liability and business litigation. He has tried
cases and represented clients in a variety of trial and appellate courts
as well as alternative dispute resolution forums. He has represented automobile
manufacturers in litigation involving airbags, restraints, handling and
stability claims, and rollovers. In addition, he has represented clients
in prosecuting and defending claims in numerous commercial contexts, including
contract disputes, fraud cases, insurance coverage issues, class-actions,
trademark and patent disputes. He has represented and counseled a wide
variety of clients including airlines, defense contractors, energy companies,
insurers, real estate developers, and telecommunications’ providers.
CASE EXPERIENCE - Successfully
obtained two defense verdicts in two SUV rollover cases involving multiple
deaths.
- Successfully obtained
summary judgment in a multi-million dollar insurance coverage case
involving an international scandal arising from a NATO imposter. Mr.
Luzarraga also handled the appeal of the summary judgment which was
affirmed by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. (Federal
Insurance Co. v. ACE Property & Casualty Co., 429 F.3d 120 (5th
Cir. 2005)) .
- Successfully obtained
dismissal of two cases without payment of any money by the defendant
involving fraud and breach of warranty claims by two different trucking
companies that claimed that more than 140 heavy duty trucks were defective.
- Successfully obtained
summary judgment in an SUV rollover case involving a fatality, and
then handled the appeal of the judgment that was affirmed by the Thirteenth
Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Represented an insurer
in an arbitration involving more than $15 million in claims arising
from a fire at a chemical plant in Convent, Louisiana.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Insurance Law Section, State Bar of Texas
NOTEWORTHY
Served as Briefing Attorney to Justice Craig Enoch of
the Supreme Court of Texas in 1994-1995
Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
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