OUR CASES

Injury cases

Motor vehicle accident: Woman burns in car fire following rear end collision: $6 million jury verdict.

Medical Malpractice: Failure to diagnose bladder reflux: $3.1 Million

Motor vehicle accident:   38-year-old mother of four minor children fractures a vertebra, both arms, both legs, and pelvis in car accident: $3 million settlement. 

Motor vehicle accident: Railroad crossing case: $2.7 Million

Motor vehicle accident: Sledding accident: $2.3 Million

Medical Malpractice: Failure to diagnose meningitis: $2.1 Million

Dangerous Products: Hay bale transport system: $1.6 Million

Dangerous Products: Contraceptive device case: $1.6 Million

Motor vehicle accident: Woman suffers fractured ankle in car accident: $1 million settlement. 

Dangerous Products: Aerosol can explosion causes burns: $1.25 Million

Dangerous Products: Child loses leg in harvester silo accident: $1.1 Million

Dangerous Products: Corn picker injuries: $1.1 Million

Motorcycle accident: Woman passenger loses lower leg in motorcycle accident: $950,000 jury verdict.

Medical Malpractice: Shoulder dystotia at birth: $850,000

Medical malpractice: Child recovers from facial deformities caused during improper delivery: $700,000 jury verdict.

Negligent construction: Man suffers back injury when grain bin collapses: $650,000 jury verdict.

Medical malpractice: Woman compensated for injuries following failure to diagnose breast cancer: $500,000 jury verdict.

Trip and fall: 20-year-old man suffers mild traumatic brain injury when he trips and falls in an enclosed and unlit, cluttered porch where he had been directed to walk by the homeowner:  $405,000 settlement.

Low impact motor vehicle accident:  Man suffers back injury during low impact rear end collision.  Insurance company offered $14,000 before trial:  $313,000 judgment obtained.

Dog bite: 10-year-old girl compensated for injuries from dog bite that left permanent scar on her nose: $290,000 settlement.

Dangerous product:  48-year-old farm laborer suffers debilitating respiratory disease from exposure to animal feed supplement, the harmful nature of which was not identified on the product label or otherwise communicated to the user of the product: confidential settlement.

Dangerous product:  Man suffers brain injury due to defective seat back in pick up truck: confidential settlement.

Commercial cases:

Bank sale misrepresentation: One bank purchases another, which includes the purchase of a bad loan that was not properly disclosed. Over $2.1 million judgment obtained.

Class action claim: Former insurance agents bring claim for improperly denied benefits: $2 million settlement.

Numerous agricultural cases tried to jury verdict, including stray voltage cases, defective feed cases, and defective pipeline cases.

Numerous fire loss cases pursued against insurance companies based on a failure to pay claims.

Numerous lemon law cases tried or successfully settled against: General Motors, Ford, Chrysler/Dodge and Irbit Motorworks.

Criminal cases:

Not guilty verdict sexual assault by therapist:  Woman therapist charged with sexual assault of one of her patients found not guilty in trial to the court.

Not guilty verdict in child sexual assault:  Mother charged with 12 counts of child sexual assault to her children and found not guilty by jury in battered women/coercion defense case.

Not guilty verdict felony child abuse:  Male babysitter charged with multiple counts of felony child abuse found not guilty by jury.

Not guilty verdict felony substantial battery:  Man charged with multiple counts of felony substantial battery for his use of a baseball bat in a back alley fight found not guilty in self-defense case.

Not guilty verdict:  22-year-old woman who was a clerk at a convenience store charged with employee theft found not guilty by jury when defense evidence reveals co-employees responsible for theft.

Not guilty verdict possession of marijuana:  Young woman charged with possession with intent to deliver marijuana based on 26 pounds of marijuana found in her car is found not guilty in trial to the court.

Not guilty verdict in felony sexual assault:   21-year-old man charged with sexual assault by threat of weapon found not guilty by jury.

Not guilty verdict child sexual assault:  Man charged with child sexual assault to his daughter found not guilty in trial to the court.

Not guilty verdict: 64-year-old man charged with attempting to steal live bear cubs from a den acquitted after jury trial.

Case dismissed:  Man charged with possession of child pornography has case dismissed after defense closing argument; state chose to dismiss case rather than respond to defense closing.

Sexual assault hung jury:  40-year-old stepfather of two teenage girls charged with child sexual assault is not convicted after jury trial results in a hung jury; state convinced not to recharge the case.

Felony child abuse reduced to misdemeanor after hung jury:  27-year-old female child care provider has felony charges for battery to a child reduced after jury trial results in hung jury.

Felony armed robbery reduced to misdemeanor:  Teenager charged with armed robbery with a gun has case reduced to misdemeanor in the middle of jury trial.

Attempted homicide reduced to misdemeanor:  Teenage woman charged with attempted homicide and other felonies has case reduced to misdemeanors on the eve of the jury trial.