AVIATION
- Pilot error and manufacturing defects on Embraer aircraft operated by Conair ($6 million)
- Defective jet engine causing multiple deaths; evidence spoliation ($8.9 million from
multiple defendants)
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
- Breach of fiduciary obligations and contract regarding an eye clinic ($1.1 million)
- Breach of stock contract and fiduciary duties ($1.2 million)
- Failure to adequately fund business and wrongful termination of credit ($1.5 million)
- Improper termination of operating line of credit
- Violation of corporation borrowing regulations
- Violation of SEC rules regarding secondary stock offer disclosures ($15 million)
- Recovery for insurance bad faith against out-of-state third party administrator (adjusting company) for failure to follow Montana law in adjusting claims
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
- Failure to properly advise patient of latex surgery ($1 million)
- Breach of standards regarding spinal fusion surgery and technique
- Failure to monitor coagulation problems after prostrate surgery
- Failure to properly monitor patient during spinal anesthesia
- Failure to properly treat glaucoma
- Failure to properly treat ER patient with infectious respiratory illness
- Failure to properly treat retinal detachment
- Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer
- Failure to timely diagnose colon cancer
- Failure to timely diagnose prostrate cancer
- Failure to treat post-operative complications following cataract surgery
- Injury to optic nerve during surgery; failure to properly treat macular degeneration
- Injury from misplaced screw during spinal fusion
- Medical negligence resulting in injury to vagus nerve
- Negligent package and ship human tissue to pathology center ($2.2 million)
- Negligent treatment post-CT myelogram complications
- Negligent treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and catheter insertion
- Spinal surgery where wrong discs were removed
- Failure to monitor clotting issues post surgery of lower extremity resulting in death
- Misdiagnosis of biopsy resulting in unnecessary kidney removal
- Failure to monitor post surgery medication reaction resulting in death
- Failure to properly formulate TPN feedings
NEGLIGENCE / INJURIES
- Failure to property operate van ($1 million)
- Failure to properly operate tractor trailer; uninsured motorist; ($1.85 million)
- Negligence in gas pipeline swabbing project causing catastrophic burns ($2 million)
- Motor vehicle crashes (multiple)
- Improper supervision of trenching project leading to death ($4.3 million)
- Traumatic brain injury (multiple)
- Negligence involving motorcycle/automobile collision resulting in serious personal injuries ($1 million)
- Negligence and Montana Residential Landlord Tenant Act violations resulting in carbon monoxide exposure ($1 million)
- Premises liability negligence of municipality resulting in death
- Negligent supervision and civil rights violations against government entity for improper investigation and harassment of innocent individual
- Negligence of general contractor for injury to independent contractor resulting in significant personal injuries (workers compensation and personal injury)
PRODUCTS LIABILITY
- Failure to properly tether modular home
- Defective table saw
- Failure of onboard trailer weigh-scale system resulting in multiple deaths ($3.6 million)
- Failure to warn and manufacturing defects of latex products ($1 million)
- Defective aircraft engine resulting in multiple deaths; spoliation of evidence ($8.9 million)
- Defective auto parts
- Defective highway due to improper super-elevation on curve
- Exploding x-ray machine
- Injuries resulting from tainted surgical supplies
- Park-to-reverse gear defect
- Defective transmission
WORKERS COMPENSATION
- Multiple workers compensation and personal injury claims
- Failure to provide safe place to work (Montana Safety and Scaffolding Act).
Eldredge v. Asarco, Inc. 2011 MT 80: Ruling that corporate defendant failed to provide full retirement benefits following early termination.
Harrington v. Crystal Bar, Inc., 2013 MT 209: Ruling establishing tavern’s duties to exercise due care for benefit of patrons where an assault occurred just outside the bar.
* Due to settlement confidentiality clauses, more detailed descriptions cannot be made.
