ATV injury to leg of 14 year old girl under grandparent supervision. Liability contested. Mediated settlement for $100,000.
10 year old girl attacked by neighbor dog, resulting in significant arm lacerations and mouth injury. $72,000 settlement.
Minor girl injured in collision with beet truck, loss of kidney. Total recovery $140,000.
Injury settlement for motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff suffered fractured hip. Recovery of policy limits of $100,000.
Wrongful death settlement. Woman killed when pulled into farm equipment. Terms of settlement confidential.
Injury settlement. Eight year old boy lost leg below knee attempting to ride on railroad car. Terms of settlement confidential.
$1,950,000 awarded through settlement with various defendants. Additional claims are pending. 40 year old wife and mother killed in collision with truck which went through stop sign.
Paint ball eye injury to juvenile boy. Claim based on lack of supervision by adult host.
Settlement $130,000
Jury verdict, Pembina County , 17 year old driver rolled vehicle at beet dump site. Defendant's trucks had brought snow and slush onto highway. Compression fractures of back and continuing pain.
Verdict of $343,000 with interest of $55,000. Final Judgment reduced by 32% attributing fault to plaintiff and State.
Wrongful death settlement. Wife and mother was killed with a child in head on collision.
Settlement: confidential terms. Substantial award of insurance limits. Money placed into structured settlements so that all survivors will receive payments into future years nearly doubling the original settlement.
Injury settlement. 44 year old female re-injured back when struck in her vehicle by truck carrying combine on narrow bridge.
Settlement $175,000.
Wrongful death settlement. 81 year old retired farmer killed by trucker when making left turn off highway.
Settlement $156,000.
Female rear ended on highway by man who had fallen asleep at wheel. Soft tissue back injury.
Settlement $97,500.
Teenage girl suffered injuries and moderate brain damage in head on collision with car attempting to pass in traffic.
Settlement $250,000, insurance limits.
May 1996 ....................................................................................... Lowe v. Clinic and Hospital
Medical malpractice settlement. Retired physician had brain injury resulting from surgery and after care.
Settlement $150,000.
Woman suffered facial fractures and moderate brain injury in collision with stalled truck in her lane at night.
Settlement $375,000 with guaranteed payments for life.
Pembina County trial regarding farm lease dispute. Verdict for lessee. Legal holiday is not calculated in determining lateness of payment.
Client submitted letter to editor criticizing initiated measures regarding North Dakota family law issues. Plaintiff sued client for defamation. Court determined protected speech and no defamation. See appeal to North Dakota Supreme Court 2008 ND 95
Summary Judgment by Trial Court reversed. Resident care attendant at nursing home may proceed with action for wrongful termination.
See appeal to North Dakota Supreme Court at 720 NW2d 49
Summary Judgment, Ramsey County . Plaintiffs sued Defendants over alleged partnership termination seeking substantial damages. Defendants granted Summary Judgment.
See appeal to North Dakota Supreme Court at 691 NW2d 271.
Jury verdict, Mercer County . Verdict for Plaintiff implement dealer against farmer in dispute over warranty on potato harvester.
Verdict $71,000 with interest.
Summary Judgment, Walsh County . Insurance company refused to pay claim for lost potatoes in storage thru frost after blizzard Hannah knocked out electricity.
Summary Judgment $110,464.
See appeal to North Dakota Supreme Court at 587 NW2d 191.
Court trial. Grand Forks County farmers in alleged partnership or joint venture sued each other and bank over crop proceeds. Court found bank security interest prevailed.
Court awarded $408,300.
See appeal to North Dakota Supreme Court at 507 NW2d 550.