The Ammons Law Firm: Texas Jury Returns $1.6 Billion Unanimous Verdict Against Owner of Hazardous-Chemicals Facility Where Two Workers Were Killed in Explosion

Jury: Defendant Upton Assets, LLC Was Grossly Negligent in Rio Grande Valley Deaths

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In one of the largest workplace wrongful death verdicts in U.S. history, a Starr County, Texas jury awarded more than $1.6 billion to the families of two workers killed in an explosion at a hazardous-chemicals plant in 2023, The Ammons Law Firm said today.

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The Ammons Law Firm: Texas Jury Returns $1.6 Billion Unanimous Verdict Against Owner of Hazardous-Chemicals Facility Where Two Workers Were Killed in Explosion |

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