Michael W. Eady

Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law

Michael Eady is a civil appellate attorney, licensed in Texas, Colorado and New Mexico and has been Board Certified in Texas Civil Appellate Law for over 30 years. He has the unique experience of representing clients in the most challenging litigation environments.

Since 1995, he has been teamed with national and local counsel to assist in the trial and appeal, if necessary, in cases across the U.S. He and members of his team have served as embedded counsel at trial throughout the country, primarily in product liability litigation. In the last ten years, those cases have been predominantly in Texas, New Mexico, Georgia, and Louisiana.

Representative Experience

Partial success in correcting an erroneous lower court’s construction of the term “reckless” in Georgia’s Repose Statute.

Ford Motor Co. v. Cosper, 893 S.E.2d 106 (2023)

Successfully limited over-expansive constructions of Georgia’s seatbelt gag-rule.

Domingue v. Ford Motor Co., 314 Ga. 59 (2022)

Successfully overturned an intermediate court decision expanding tort liability of insurance companies through the extension of the tort of good faith and fair dealing.

Elephant Ins. Co. v Kenyon, 644 S.W.3d 137 (Tex. 2022)

Successfully changed over 100 years of law pertaining to the submission of certain jury charge definitions. This opinion culminated the error preservation strategy for multiple cases developed years before this case was tried.

Ford Motor Co. v. Ledesma, 242 S.W.3d 32, 51 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 250 (Tex. 2007)

Successfully protected confidentiality of Volvo Car documents, overturning contrary rulings by the trial and intermediate appellate court.

In re Ford Motor Co., 211 S.W.3d 295, 50 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 291 (Tex. 2006)

Embedded Appellant Counsel Cases

Cause No. 2020-06964, Steve Aaron, Sr. v. Bancroft Bag Inc., et al. in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana

Cause No. D-101-CV-2017-02015, Lee Hunt, Esq. as Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of Katheryn Armijo, Deceased, et al. v. Werner Enterprises, Inc., et al, First Judicial District Court, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Civil Action File No. 16 C 04179-2, Kim Hill and Adam Hill, surviving children and Co-Administrators of the Estates of Melvin Hill and Voncile Hill, deceased v. Ford Motor company et al., in the state court of Gwinnett County, Georgia

Successfully interpretation of a novel issue of Texas law interpreting a statute indemnifying health care professionals whose practice includes providing indigent care.

State v. Pruett, 900 S.W.2d 335, 38 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 874 (Tex.1995)

Successfully obtained a favorable construction of a limitations tolling provision.

Parker v. Cumming, 216 S.W.3d 905 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2007, pet. denied), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 1671 (2008)

Successfully upheld favorable jury verdict.

North Am. Van Lines, Inc. v. Emmons, 50 S.W.3d 103 (Tex. App.—Beaumont, 2001, pet. denied)

Successfully upheld favorable jury verdict following an appeal from the second trial of the same case.

Mares v. Ford Motor Co., 53 S.W.3d 416 ( Tex. App.—San Antonio 2001, no pet.)

Unsuccessful attempt to overturn an adverse jury verdict.

Muth v. Ford Motor Co., 461 F.3d 557 (5th Cir. 2006)