Recent Results

CASE TYPE LOCATION JURY DEMAND RESULT
Commercial Auto

Trucking/motorcycle collision. Catastrophic brain injuries, partial brain death.

Denver County

(2 weeks)

$40,000,000

California plaintiff’s attorney.

Defense Verdict
Premises Liability

83 y/o female, fall down concrete stairs at physician’s office. Shattered pelvis and leg.

Boulder County

(1 week)

$2,000,000

Boulder has a reputation for being Colorado’s most liberal venue. Plaintiff paid back costs.

Defense Verdict
Product Liability

Oil well pipe failure (erosion and failures at inertial welds) with loss of wells and down-hole assemblies.

Denver County

(1 week)

$4-12 Million

Plaintiff paid back costs.

Defense Verdict
Premises Liability

Fall at a commercial restaurant into an uncovered HVAC concrete manhole. Basilar skull fx’s, pneumocephalus, subarachnoid bleeds and fixed wing transport to Denver.

La Plata County

(2 weeks)

$2 Million

Third party defendant (brought in by L&M) settled pre-trial which paid for the entire trial. Costs of 20K awarded against plaintiff.

Defense Verdict
Auto Liability

Pedestrian run over by Toyota Sequoia and dragged underneath 40 feet. Massive brain and body injuries.

Larimer County

(2 weeks)

$3.9 Million

Plaintiff bankrupted by costs.

Defense Verdict
Product Liability

Weld failure on fly wheel against auto part manufacturer. Partial lower leg amputation.

Federal Court

(1 week)

$3.5 Million

Plaintiff paid 30K back in costs, with settlement money from a co-defendant.

Defense Verdict
Negligent Security

Negligent security against local Denver Jazz Club. Catastrophic brain injury and near brain death; permanent ventricular shunting.

Denver County

(2 weeks)

$16.5 Million

Won with a directed verdict; a defense verdict for 2nd client; a partial reversal in the COA; a win and remand in the Supreme Court, and finally a summary judgment on remand back in the trial court.

Directed and Defense Verdict
Premises Liability

Fall into concrete pit at a commercial building complex. Broken back, hip and head injury.

El Paso County $1.5 Million

This case was tried by Scott Lasater and Janet Martin with no notice and no preparation. They walked into the trial 3 hours after it started and took over the defense.

Directed Verdict
School District/Teacher Negligence

Shoulder dislocation with surgical pinning and fixation, to a student caused by a teacher.

Garfield County $850,000 Defense Verdict
Medical Malpractice & CCPA

Lasik malpractice, liability admitted for malpractice, but not for Consumer Protection Act violation. Loss of vision in one eye.

Federal Court $11 Million

Tried against one of the most prolific Lasik malpractice attorney in the country, from New York.

$66,000 ($100,000 offered 1 year prior to trial) & Defense Verdict on CCPA
Premises Liability:

Injury at a huge commercial trucking sales and service center, truck axle falling on plaintiff. Severe injuries of the pelvis and genitals.

Adams County

The plaintiff claimed to have a stroke in the middle of trial and was hospitalized. The case was then bifurcated.

$4.2 Million

Costs paid when out of state plaintiff’s cost bond was executed on.

Defense Verdict
Commercial Auto

Multi-vehicle highway accident, multiple injuries with spinal injury with multi-level fusions.

Weld County

(3 weeks)

$9 Million Nominal verdict

Verdict was vacated on post-trial motion due to plaintiff attorney’s gross misconduct during trial.

Defamation

Claim of wrongful accusation of a crime resulting in 1 year wrongful imprisonment; counterclaim for the client for injuries from being shot by plaintiff.

Las Animas County

(1 week)

$1 Million Defense Verdict

Verdict in favor of client on counter-claim for damages for being shot.

Premises Liability

Fall at a residential garage sale; shattered ankle; multiple surgeries with plating.

Denver County

(1 week)

$350,000

Costs collected by garnishing plaintiff’s wages.

Defense Verdict
Negligent Traffic Control

Crash of tractor semi-trailer down highway 285 with roll over and skid off highway into a river. Multiple injuries, head injury.

Park County

(2 weeks)

$1.5 Million

Plaintiff avoided costs with bankruptcy.

Directed Verdict
Premises Liability

Client was the Pepsi Center sports arena in Denver; ruptured patella tendon with surgeries and future disability.

Federal $950,000

Plaintiff’s counsel were from the Gerry Spence law firm in Wyoming – defense rested without putting on any evidence.

Defense Verdict
Negligence

Accidental poisoning when plaintiff drank lye, a cleaning solution used in beer lines; liability admitted; mouth esophageal tissue melting and scarring.

Adams County

(1 week)

$3.2 Million $200,000

(Exactly $200,000 offered pre-trial)

Premises Liability

Injury at a Whole Foods shopping complex parking lot; plaintiff incurred over 1 million in medical bills.

Denver County

(1 week)

$2 Million

Plaintiff paid costs.

Defense Verdict
Commercial Auto Liability

Negligent placement of a skip loader in the roadway; two plaintiffs with multiple injuries.

El Paso, Texas

(1 week)

$5.7 Million $160,028.77
Premises Liability

Fall and ankle fracture at  Greenwood Athletic Center.

Arapahoe County $500,000

Wealthy plaintiff, paid all costs

Defense Verdict
Negligence

Dog bite

Arapahoe County $200,000 Defense Verdict
Premises Liability Arapahoe County $400,000 Defense Verdict
Excessive Use of Force

County Sheriff’s officer allegedly caused brain injury to a restrained prisoner at a court appearance.

Federal Court $5 Million $50,000

$100,000 offered prior to trial.

Premises Liability El Paso County $80,000 Defense Verdict