Texas Lawyer: $3.1M Texas Verdict: Lawyer Leaves Intellectual Property Practice for Toxic Torts
- Just Well Law
- Aug 18, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 8
"The one attorney in our area that did toxic tort law only handled wrongful death. I thought, you have to die to get representation in this field? I wanted to help other families," Kristina Baehr said. Then started her own personal injury law firm Just Well Law in Austin, Texas.
Written by Adolfo Pesquera at Law.com. Read the full article here.
What You Need to Know
An Austin attorney whose family was injured by toxic mold in the home got a $3.1 million jury award.
Her experience led her to switch fields, leaving intellectual property law to become a personal injury attorney because of her illness.
Finding toxic torts an area few Texas lawyers practice, she dedicated her new practice, Just Well Law, to victims of toxic exposure.
Kristina Baehr once had a thriving practice as an intellectual property attorney with McKool Smith, but today she defends victims of toxic exposure.
She switched fields after she and her family became sick as a result of a mold-infested home.
This world really needs more like this Law Firm, Kristina Baehr. It seems as if every Attorney that I have called with a viable lawsuit of clear negligence by the Apartment Management and CEO of American Landmark won't help me because even with photo proof, a son with Hemophilia, an Arterial Brain Aneurysm and Asthma, having complications, myself as well, but because we aren't able to afford the mold testing in the apartment and ourselves, we lose and haven't a chance. This woman, "WILL CHANGE THE WORLD," and "LAWS GOVERNING MOLD/FUNGI IN TEXAS." Much needed change as mold/fungi are evolving considerably especially with the changes in climate. Now with the ability to cause more harm with its " intelligence, …