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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
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.