VERDICT / SETTLEMENT TYPE OF CASE DESCRIPTION
$8,100,000 Construction site injury Client rendered a quadriplegic. Highest settlement
in Spokane County History.
$1,500,000 Failure to diagnose cancer Client a victim of terminal thyroid cancer.
Undiagnosed over 1 year.
$1,250,000 Bad faith insurance claim Insurer failed to timely investigate claim resulting in underlying excess verdict against client.
$1,200,000 Contested probate Client amasses significant assets but pretermitted estranged children. Mental competency at issue.
$1,000,000 Pharmaceutical product liability Participated as co-counsel as part of class action
vs. Fen-Phen use.
$700,000 Brain injury Failure to diagnose slow growing cranial tumor with
neurologic damage.
$650,000 Wrongful death Death of 74 year old following complications associated
with pacemaker implant.
$550,000 Auto accident / knee injury Client will require prosthetic knee implant.
$500,000 Wrongful death Failure to diagnose pending myocardial infarction
$450,000 Sexual assault Client was physically handicapped and sexually assaulted by defendants employee with known prior history of sex crimes.
$450,000 Trip and fall / wrongful death Elderly client fell while on defendants premises after leaving bingo competition. Sustained hip fracture and
died of cardiac failure.
$350,000 Elder abuse Client was injured and physically abused in adult care home. Referral from Gonzaga University School of Law clinical program. All fees claimed donated to clinical program.