Walker Sewell LLP Wins Judgment for Client Maverick Industries, Inc. Against Premiere Global Services, Inc.

DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With the assistance of lead counsel James W. Walker and Dan Gusof the Dallas law firm, Walker Sewell LLP, Maverick Industries, Inc. won a judgment against Premiere Gloabal Services, Inc. ("PGi") due to PGi's breach of an agreement to pay commissions to Maverick Industries.

Maverick Industries is a Dallas-based broker of telecommunications services.  The court found that Maverick Industries had helped PGi obtain more than $3.5 million in business from Dean Foods and Bay Valley Foods, two of Maverick Industries' customers, in exchange for PGi's promise to pay commissions to Maverick Industries.  James W. Walker of Walker Sewell argued that PGi's sudden termination of commission payments to Maverick Industries in 2008 was a breach of contract that made PGi liable for past commissions as well as commissions that Maverick Industries would have earned in the future.

Judge David C. Godbey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, agreed with Walker's assertion that PGi repudiated its promise to pay commissions.  "The court ruled in our client's favor on each and every issue raised," said Walker.  "The court awarded more than $400,000 in relief, including the value of past commissions, future commissions, pre-judgment interest and attorney's fees.  In addition, the court rejected PGi's defenses and counterclaims against Maverick Industries, including a claim to be reimbursed for past commission payments." 

Maverick Industries' victory came after more than two years of litigation that ended in an August 2011 trial involving witnesses from Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta, including senior executives of both PGi and Maverick Industries.

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