J. Randolph Evans

Randy has handled litigation involving billions of dollars throughout the US and around the world. Here are some of the more recent cases from just before he became a US Ambassador:

• Global infrastructure firm: multibillion-dollar claims by institutional investors in a major infrastructure project (toll road) in Australia, asserting that they invested in reliance on traffic forecaster/insured’s faulty traffic forecast.
• Energy company: professional negligence (design defect, etc.) and fraud claims relating to a massive oil refinery expansion project in Texas for billions in Texas arbitration.
• Property company: seven-week jury trial followed by appeals to Tennessee Supreme Court for claims involving remediation, restoration and business loss resulting from the largest shopping mall flood loss claiming approximately US$600 million.
• Large law firm: claims by investor clients alleging hundreds of millions of dollars against an international law firm arising out of legal opinions it issued on tax shelters deemed non-allowable by the IRS (Numerous US states).
• Healthcare company: bench trial in Fulton Superior Court over application of Georgia Open Records Act requests, including appeal to Georgia Supreme Court.
• Automobile manufacturer: jury trial in Gwinnett State Court arising out of product liability claims against an automobile manufacturer for multiple deaths seeking punitive damages.
• Travel company: coverage/bad faith action (Washington DC) arising out of denial of coverage for hotel occupancy tax-related claims under Travel Agent Professional Liability policies seeking more than US$100 million (King County Superior Court; Washington Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Washington).
• Hazardous waste collection company: plant explosion claim (approximately US$20 million claim) of a facility in Tennessee owned by a Spanish Company under an International Programme Agreement issued in Spain (Tennessee/Spain).
• Trucking company: retained after a US$284 million jury verdict in Texas (D. Ct. for Dimmit County Texas).
• Geosynthetic company: breach of warranty claims relating to complex artificial grass turf systems installed all over the world in sports facilities and stadiums. (U.S.D.C. Georgia).
• Oil and gas company: Delaware coverage action arising out of losses due to oil refinery explosion. (Delaware Superior Court – New Castle).
• Insurance company: bench trial in Florida based on a US$20 million claim arising out of storm damage to shopping mall. (S.D.Fla.).
• State government department: retained post-verdict in a claim alleging that defects in road design caused an accident that rendered the plaintiff a quadriplegic resulting in personal injury verdict in King County, WA (US$30 million).
• Insurance company: US$1 billion losses asserted in multidistrict litigation for multiple consolidated class actions alleging a myriad of claims arising out of the use and installation of Chinese Drywall (E.D.La.).
• Law firm: successfully litigated and resolved US$100 million legal malpractice claims pending in the Eastern District of Virginia (Fairfax County Circuit Court, VA).
• US city: US$27 million claim arising out of an architect’s conceptual and schematic designs of a city’s US$560 million convention center in Arizona (U.S.D.C. Arizona).
• Plastics company: a New Jersey US$197 million claim arising out of an explosion at a PVC manufacturing plant located in Illinois in which key issues included scope of damage, proper valuation method, allowed site prep costs for a rebuild at a different location, and betterments in technology (U.S.D.C. N.J.).
• Steel company: insurance coverage/bad faith lawsuit in West Virginia seeking more than US$40 million, arising out of property damage from mine fires and resulting business interruption; this resulted in a favorable settlement (N.D. WVA).
• Automotive company: class action lawsuit against the insured auto dealers based upon claims for violations of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, the Florida Motor Vehicle Retail Sales Finance Act, Unjust Enrichment, violations in connection with the sale of an add-on car identification system, and rescission of auto purchase contracts (U.S.D.C. Florida).
• Community college: claims involving remediation, restoration and business loss in Illinois, in which key issues included scope of damage, proper valuation method, allowed site prep costs for a rebuild at a different location, and betterments with approximately US$40 million in alleged damages in Mississippi (S.D.Miss).
• Law firm: legal malpractice action arising out of errors in documentation of an M&A transaction leading to unintended ownership of US$1 billion in stock following a put right of merged telecommunication companies (California).
• International law firm: claims by investor clients alleging hundreds of millions of dollars against an international law firm arising out of legal opinions it issued on tax shelters deemed non-allowable by the IRS (Numerous US states).
• Automobile dealership: Insured sued for alleged failure to defend Bill Heard in an underlying arbitration that evolved into a purported class action alleging claims for rescission, fraud, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and, violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (U.S.D.C. Florida).
• National football team: Pennsylvania US$79 million action relating to coverage for construction defect claims against various insureds arising out of the planning, design and construction of an NFL football stadium (Pennsylvania).
• Beverage company: More than US$20 million of claims arising out of the collapse of a parking deck in Atlantic City, NJ (OCIP policy); this resulted in a favorable settlement (Atlantic County Superior Court, NJ).
• International law firm: claims by investor clients alleging hundreds of millions of dollars against an international law firm arising out of legal opinions it issued on tax shelters deemed non-allowable by the IRS (Texas).