Overview
- A Dallas County civil jury awarded about $1.1 billion to Blake Sampson and his parents after the 2021 assault left the child permanently disabled.
- The judgment includes roughly $291 million in compensatory damages and $810 million in punitive damages, according to court records.
- Medical evidence showed traumatic brain injury, retinal bleeding, chronic respiratory failure, and a seizure disorder, and the child now needs 24-hour care with a tracheostomy and breathing machine.
- Brooks pleaded guilty in 2023 to first-degree felony injury to a child and is serving a 40-year prison sentence for the attack.
- Attorneys said they will seek payment from any available trusts and assets linked to Brooks, who is the great-grandson of early Humble Oil investor Percy Turner.