Mr. Michael Barrett Jones

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Managing Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Canterbury, PC
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Wrenn v. G.A.T.X. Logistics, 73 S.W.3d 489 (Tex. App.--Fort Worth 2002, no pet.) (affirming, in part, summary judgment granted to employer for injuries to temporary worker caused by alleged intentional assault by employee) (M. Jones--trial
  appellate counsel)
  Rahlfs v. Wittke, Inc., 2004 Lexis 11207 (N.D. Tex. 2004) (granting summary judgment to vehicle distributor on Plaintiff's failure to warn claim (M. Jones--trial counsel)
  Elmo v. Southern Foods Group, L.P., 2006 Lexis 34418 (N.D. Tex. 2006) (granting motion to dismiss
  motion for partial summary judgment in favor of non-subscribing employer on Plaintiff's claims for wrongful denial of COBRA benefits) (M. Jones--trial counsel)
  Sillas v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation a/k/a Amtrak, 2008 WL 755256 (N.D. Texas 2008) (holding that "exceptional circumstances" exception did not alleviate need for Amtrak to obtain consent of all defendants to removal, even though one Plaintiff group was named as defendants by another Plaintiff group
  would not agree to removal) (M. Jones--co-trial counsel)
  In re: Classic Openings, Inc., 318 S.W.3d 428 (Tex. App.--Dallas 2010, no pet.) (orig. proceeding) (reversing trial court order that Plaintiff's claims were not covered by the Residential Construction Liability Act) (M. Jones--trial
  appellate counsel)
  Ranolls v. Dewling, 2016 WL 7743498 (E.D. Texas 2016) (holding that travel center owed no duty to Plaintiff who was killed as a result of a collision with a truck exiting the travel center's property) (M. Jones--trial counsel)
  Luster v. City of Dallas, et al., 2018 WL 3654770 (N.D. Texas 2018) (holding that off-duty police officer working as a security guard who witnessed a crime immediately became an on-duty officer
  that the travel center could not be held liable for negligent hiring, retention, or supervision as a matter of law)
  In re Wood Group PSN Inc., 2018 WL 4760139 (Tex. App.--San Antonio 2018, orig. proceeding) (reversing trial court's denial of motion to dismiss on behalf of oilfield service companies alleged to have damaged road owned by county) (M. Jones—trial counsel for Thomas Petroleum
  Brian Miller
  Tim McMurtrie of Royston Rayzor appellate counsel).