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 |