Lee Cross: Selected Results and Team Experience
These matters are part of Gerald Lee “Lee” Cross Jr’s professional record. They include results achieved by larger legal teams and co-counsel as well as individual matters. They are presented as Lee’s experience—not as results obtained by Cross & York LLP or KeyPoint Claims.
Prior-results notice: Every matter is different. These examples do not guarantee, promise or predict a similar result. Settlement and verdict figures are shown to describe Lee’s past experience; the amount a particular client received may differ from the total value of a team settlement or verdict. None of these matters was an industrial accident or workplace injury claim; they are shown as general litigation experience only.
Individual matters
Reported settlement
$528,000 approximately
Texas trucking-accident settlement
Lee’s published results identify an approximate $528,000 settlement for a trucking-accident claimant in Street et al. v. Santa Barbara Freight Corp. et al., Case No. DC-17-00112, in the 192nd Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas.
Lee’s role: Settlement figure and case identification are reproduced from Lee’s published result description.
Reported recovery
$342,500
Kansas City-area brain-injury recovery
Lee’s published results report a $342,500 recovery for a person who sustained a brain injury in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Lee’s role: Individual result reported in Lee’s published professional results.
Reported settlement
$250,000
Brain-injury product case involving General Motors
Lee’s published results describe a 2018 settlement of $250,000 for a Kansas resident and spouse after brain and physical injuries in a matter against General Motors. The case was filed in Kansas, transferred to federal multidistrict litigation in the Southern District of New York, and settled there.
Lee’s role: Individual result reported in Lee’s published professional results.
Team matters
Figures below are the overall result of a larger legal team, not amounts obtained by Lee, Cross & York LLP or KeyPoint Claims.
Overall team settlement — not Lee’s recovery
$13.5 billion
California wildfire settlement — plaintiffs’ team
Lee’s published account states that he and co-counsel represented hundreds of people affected by the 2017 North Bay Fires and 2018 Camp Fire as part of the broader plaintiffs’ team in the PG&E wildfire litigation. The overall settlement was approximately $13.5 billion. Lee reports that the clients he helped represent received more than $40 million at the time of publication.
Lee’s role: Team matter with co-counsel; the overall settlement was not obtained by Lee acting alone.
Overall team settlement — Lee worked as an associate
$14 million
Picher, Oklahoma lead-mine contamination settlement
Lee’s published results state that he worked as a young associate on litigation that reached a $14 million settlement for people affected by lead mines and chat piles in Picher, Oklahoma.
Lee’s role: Lee worked on the matter as an associate and member of a wider legal team.
Overall team verdict — Lee worked as an associate
$11.05 million
Environmental nuisance verdict in northern Missouri
Lee’s published record identifies an $11.05 million verdict in Owens et al. v. Smithfield and Premium Standard Farms for 14 northern Missouri clients concerning odour nuisance from a large hog facility.
Lee’s role: Lee worked on the matter as a young associate. The legal team was later named a 2010 finalist for the Public Justice Foundation’s Trial Lawyer of the Year award.
Source and firm separation
The descriptions above are based on Lee’s published results page. The source is maintained on the website of a separate law firm.
That separate firm is not represented here as part of, affiliated with, or the same entity as Cross & York LLP or KeyPoint Claims. Return to Lee Cross’s attorney profile for admissions, education and professional recognition.