{"id":257862,"date":"2026-04-20T12:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257862\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:53:07","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257862\/","title":{"rendered":"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 |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER\">Jury: Defendant Upton Assets, LLC Was Grossly Negligent in Rio Grande Valley Deaths<\/p>\n<p>RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, April 20, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4667796-1&amp;h=2983277455&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fammonslaw.com%2F&amp;a=The+Ammons+Law+Firm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ammons Law Firm<\/a> said today.<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 G6C5:4E H2D 6?E6C65 282:?DE &amp;AE@? pDD6ED[ {{r[ E96 @H?6C @7 E96 !64@D {:BF:5D w2?5=:?8 u24:=:EJ \ud83d\ude15 !64@D[ %6I2D[ H96C6 2? 6IA=@D:@? @? ~4E@36C f[ a_ab[ &lt;:==65 EH@ H@C&lt;6CD 7C@&gt; E96 #:@ vC2?56 &#8216;2==6J \u2014 #6:?2=5@ v2C4:2 !6?2 2?5 p?86= p=2772] %96 u24:=:EJ C646:G6D[ DE@C6D[ AC@46DD6D[ 2?5 EC2?D76CD 9:89=J 7=2&gt;&gt;23=6 ?2EFC2= 82D =:BF:5D 2?5 4@?56?D2E6 7C@&gt; @:= 2?5 82D 7:6=5D E9C@F89@FE E96 !6C&gt;:2? q2D:? 2?5 #66G6D r@F?EJ]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>        kAm%96 G6C5:4E 2=D@ \ud83d\ude00 36=:6G65 E@ 36 E96 =2C86DE %6I2D G6C5:4E 2C:D:?8 7C@&gt; 2 H@C<a a=\"24:?8\" :e=\"\">@?8 E96 &gt;@DE D:8?:7:42?E 4:G:= ;FCJ G6C5:4ED 6G6C C6EFC?65 \ud83d\ude15 E96 DE2E6[ =625 4@F?D6= #@3 p&gt;&gt;@?D D2:5]k^Am<\/a><\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 G6C5:4E H2D C624965 =2E6 uC:52J 27E6C 2 EH@\\H66&lt; EC:2= 367@C6 yF586 y@D6 {F:D v2CK2 \ud83d\ude15 E96 bg`DE yF5:4:2= s:DEC:4E r@FCE] p== EH6=G6 ;FC@CD 28C665 @? 6G6CJ 2?DH6C] %96 ;FCJ 2DD:8?65 `__ A6C46?E @7 E96 C6DA@?D:3:=:EJ 7@C 3@E9 562E9D E@ &amp;AE@? pDD6ED[ {{r] %96 ;FCJ 2=D@ 7@F?5 F?2?:&gt;@FD=J E92E &amp;AE@? pDD6ED[ {{rVD 4@?5F4E 4@?DE:EFE65 8C@DD ?68=:86?46 H:E9 C6DA64E E@ 3@E9 &gt;6?] }@ 72F=E H2D 2DD:8?65 E@ 2?J @7 E96 E9C66 D6EE=:?8 5676?52?ED @C E@ 2?J @E96C A2CEJ]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 r2D6k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm#6:?2=5@ v2C4:2 !6?2[ df[ H2D 2 56G@E65 9FD32?5 2?5 72E96C[ 244@C5:?8 E@ EC:2= 6G:56?46] w6 2?5 9:D H:76 925 366? &gt;2CC:65 7@C bf J62CD] w6 =67E 369:?5 EH@ 52F89E6CD 2?5 5:65 &gt;@?E9D 367@C6 =62C?:?8 96 H2D 8@:?8 E@ 364@&gt;6 2 8C2?572E96C 7@C E96 7:CDE E:&gt;6] p?86= p=2772[ b_[ H2D 2 9FD32?5[ 2 72E96C E@ 2 J@F?8 52F89E6C[ 2?5 2 D@?] q@E9 &gt;6? 925 EC2G6=65 9F?5C65D @7 &gt;:=6D 7C@&gt; E96:C 9@&gt;6D \ud83d\ude15 E96 #:@ vC2?56 &#8216;2==6J E@ H@C&lt; 2E &amp;AE@? pDD6ED[ {{rVD 724:=:EJ \ud83d\ude15 !64@D]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm&amp;AE@? pDD6ED[ {{rVD !64@D {:BF:5D w2?5=:?8 u24:=:EJ \ud83d\ude00 2 !C@46DD $276EJ |2?286&gt;6?E W!$|X 724:=:EJ[ 2 7656C2= 56D:8?2E:@? :&gt;A@D65 @? 724:=:E:6D E92E 92?5=6 9:89=J 92K2C5@FD 496&gt;:42=D 2?5 E92E 42CC:6D &gt;2?52E@CJ C6BF:C6&gt;6?ED 7@C EC2:?65 A6CD@??6=[ 5@4F&gt;6?E65 D276EJ AC@465FC6D[ 9@E H@C&lt; A6C&gt;:ED[ 2?5 C:8@C@FD 4@?EC24E@C @G6CD:89E] %96 6G:56?46 2E EC:2= 6DE23=:D965 E92E &amp;AE@? pDD6ED[ {{r[ E96 724:=:EJVD @H?6C[ 925 :&gt;A=6&gt;6?E65 ?@?6 @7 E96D6 &gt;62DFC6D H96? 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