Courts in Houston, Texas
Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse
515 Rusk St, Houston, TX 77002
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in Houston
Texas Children's Hospital — NICU (Level IV)
6621 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
Memorial Hermann — The Texas Medical Center NICU
6411 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
Liability Considerations in Houston
Harris County juries have returned some of the country's largest NEC verdicts. Texas product liability law allows strict liability, negligence, and failure-to-warn claims. Texas Children's Hospital NICU records and feeding protocols are central to expert testimony in Houston-origin MDL cases. The $18.5M Torres verdict (2024) set a benchmark for NEC damages in Texas.
Your Legal Team
Robert Denton
Partner — Product Liability
Houston, TX
Robert Denton has built one of Texas's most active NEC formula litigation practices over the past six years, representing families across Harris, Dallas, Bexar, and Travis counties whose premature infants were harmed by Enfamil Premature and Similac Special Care formula. His product liability background — initially developed in pharmaceutical and medical device cases — translated naturally to NEC litigation when the scientific evidence against Abbott and Mead Johnson became impossible to ignore. Robert has tried four NEC cases to verdict in Texas state courts and achieved several confidential settlements in the eight-figure range. He is a frequent speaker at Texas Trial Lawyers Association seminars on NEC science and the MDL bellwether process.
Education
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law (2009)
- B.A., Biology, Rice University (2006)