How Can We Help?
We have represented hundreds of people seriously injured, and the families of many people killed, by accidents, medical malpractice, or defective and dangerous products.
It takes a lot of courage to bring a lawsuit. Our clients bravely tell their stories hoping what happened to their family won’t happen again. With our clients, we have helped make positive changes in health care. We have effected changes in cancer screening, mammography, ICU practices, emergency room recognition of domestic violence and home health care training.
There are two primary reasons for pursuing a legal claim for damages:
By focusing attention on careless and dangerous policies and procedures, many of our cases have brought about changes that have made medical practices safer for others. Our cases have led to the creation of educational endowments and information sharing in the field of cancer diagnosis. One of our cases contributed critical funding to a foundation that provides adaptive equipment for crippled children. One case led to changes in patient tracking and followup to assure that potentially dangerous medical conditions are not missed because of innocent miscommunication or misunderstanding between patients and their doctors.
Our work for clients often does not end until arrangements are completed to safely invest and protect their recoveries. Where appropriate, we help set up special settlement-preserving trusts, conservatorships and structured settlements (limited or lifetime annuity payments). We also assist in resolving creditor claims and liens on settlement funds. We work with other specialists to help eliminate or reduce taxes on our clients’ recoveries, and on the income they earn from investing those recoveries. We provide these services without additional charge.
We are proud of our clients. Our clients have the courage to pursue their claims, allowing them or a loved one to live out the balance of their lives with a measure of dignity, independence and financial security. Despite what you read and hear about “jackpot justice” and “frivolous lawsuits,” pursuing a legal claim is a difficult and serious effort. We stand ready to help those with serious injuries pursue all valid claims to successful recovery.
The following are actual recoveries we have made for our clients. We believe that the results obtained by a law firm for its clients are an important measure of the firm’s skill and experience. However, clients must be aware that because each case is different, the result in one case does not guarantee the same or similar result in other cases. Because almost all of our cases are resolved confidentially, we can only provide a very limited amount of information about each case so that the identity of our clients, and the defendants from whom the recovery was made, remain confidential.
| Description: | Recovery: |
| Delayed diagnosis of infection causing death of 2½ year old child | $1 Million |
| Brain Damage to Newborn | $1.4 Million |
| Motor Vehicle Accident: ejection of passenger and incomplete paraplegia | $1.15 Million |
| Failure to timely deliver baby resulting in brain injury | $1.1 Million |
| Construction worker wrist injury | $725,000 |
| Failure to timely deliver baby resulting in brain injury | $1.75 Million |
| Failure to diagnose herpes infection in newborn resulting in brain injury | $282,500 |
| Semi-truck failure to yield causing death of elderly driver | $850,000 |
| Neck injury from defective bathroom door in a commercial building | $160,000 |
| Failure to diagnose pregnancy induced toxemia in mother; brain injury to child | $1.5 Million |
| Failure to diagnose breast cancer in elderly woman; treated and survived | $240,000 |
| Injuries from vehicle rollover on unprotected government site | $500,000 |
| Damage to kidneys from prescription drugs | $690,000 |
| Complication of prescription heart medication | $225,000 |
| Fracture of both legs in car accident | $636,000 |
| Failure to repeat exams for suspicious breast lump in young woman | $280,000 |
| Surgical error in spine surgery resulting in severed nerves causing chronic pain | $1.2 Million |
| Surgical error in gallbladder surgery resulting in severe infection | $700,000 |
| Surgical error: failure to remove diseased endocrine gland | $585,000 |
| Insurance Bad Faith and agent misconduct | $449,338 |
| Nerve injury during gynecologic surgery | $250,000 |
| Undiagnosed post-operative knee infection | $185,000 |
| Inappropriate physician-patient relationship | $105,000 |
| Failure to diagnose closed head injury in construction worker accident | $440,000 |
| Failure to diagnose spinal cord stroke | $535,000 |
| Defective artificial hip joint | $250,000 |
| Emergency room negligence resulting in disfigurement | $450,000 |
| Injury to child caused by failure to transfer to better equipped hospital | $300,000 |
| Death of child caused by failure to timely deliver | $300,000 |
| Failure to diagnose pregnancy induced heart disease resulting in stroke of mother | $1 Million |
| Surgical injury to phrenic nerve during reflux surgery resulting in dysmotility of stomach | $301,333 |
| Defective highway design causing injuries | $375,000 |
| Surgical error during prostate surgery | $250,000 |
| Surgical error in gastrointestinal surgery | $475,000 |
| Surgical error in gallbladder surgery | $340,000 |
| Dental malpractice: Failure to prepare and protect airway during dental extraction | $350,000 |
| Spinal cord stroke from medication reaction | $750,000 |
| Failure to diagnose spine trauma | $1.5 Million |
| Failure to diagnose kidney tumor | $285,000 |
| Failure to diagnose lung infection | $750,000 |
| Failure to diagnose peritonitis | $475,000 |
| Failure to monitor administration of diet drugs | $490,000 |
| Failure to deliver baby causing permanent injury | $850,000 |
| Surgical error and post-operative infection in placement of colostomy | $300,000 |
| Failure to diagnose pulmonary emboli (clots in lungs) | $725,000 |
| Failure to diagnose melanoma | $900,000 |
| Giving antibiotic to patient with known allergy to the drugs causing severe skin reaction | $525,000 |
| Failure to diagnose spinal cord infection resulting in paraplegia | $500,000 |
| Failure to treat Accutane drug reaction in teen resulting in permanent scarring | $180,000 |
| Hospital error in charting family’s request for resuscitation of patient | $300,000 |
| Surgical error and post-operative infection of the foot | $650,000 |
| Failure to summon anesthesia for caesarian section | $2.8 Million |
| Defective drug causing various types of injuries (worked with other lawyers to obtain a confidential group settlement). Believed to be the largest recovery in a drug product liability case in Montana history | $X Million |
| Nursing Home Negligence resulting in severe burns | $275,000 |
| Failure to recognize and follow-up mammogram abnormality resulting in delayed diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer | $875,000 |
| Medication error after surgery causing respiratory failure and death | $1.5 Million |
| Failure to diagnose and timely treat glaucoma | $530,000 |
| Negligent ER care for disoriented person | $260,000 |
| Injuries from rear-end auto accident | $125,000 |
| Negligent administration and monitoring of heart medication | $325,000 |
| ER: Failure to maintain confidentiality and recognize situational depression | $225,000 |
| Failure to recognize antibiotic reaction in child | $278,000 |
| Injury to truck driver in auto accident | $345,000 |
| Death from unnecessary lung surgery | $1.15 Million |
| Wrongful death from nursing care | $1.4 Million |
| Failure to perform C-section in large infant causing maternal injury | $500,000 |
| Failure to diagnose post-operative compartment syndrome (swelling) causing muscle loss and nerve damage | $875,000 |
| Inappropriate medication causing micro-strokes | $600,000 |
| Failure to recognize post-operative compartment syndrome (swelling) causing muscle loss and foot paralysis | $450,000 |
| Failure to perform caesarean delivery resulting in stillbirth | $275,000 |
| Failure to treat hypertension resulting in stroke | $600,000 |
| Failure to recognize and timely treat bowel problem in child | $2.1 Million |
| Defective drug causing stroke | $4.1 Million |
| Complications of weight reduction surgery | $375,000 |
| Dental malpractice: Complications of TMJ surgery | $610,000 |
| Failure to diagnose meningitis in a child | $2 Million |
| Complications of twin delivery | $450,000 |
| Death from vehicle accident | $1.9 Million |
| Death from toxic side effects of prescription medication | $1 Million |
| Brain damage to infant during and immediately following birth | $925,000 |
| Multiple injuries from defective building | $1.5 Million |
| Breach of Contract | $550,000 |
| Delayed diagnoses of cancer | $475,000 |
| Improper Obstetrical Care | $300,000 |
| Birth Injury to Mother | $500,000 |
| Failure to diagnose surgical complication | $400,000 |
| Improper Emergency Care | $325,000 |
| Defective Medical Product | $400,000 |
| Delayed diagnoses of cancer | $380,000 |
| Bar owner liabiltiy for death of customer | $1 Million |
| Auto accident and delayed diagnosis of nerve injury | $500,000 |
| Nursing Home Malpractice | $375,000 |
| Failure to monitor patient | $525,000 |
| Surgical burn | $475,000 |
| Misplaced Feeding Tube | $200,000 |
| Construction Site Injury | $438,000 |
| Delayed Diagnosis | $450,000 |
| Suicide while under psychiatric care | $923,000 |
| Post Operative Complication of Spinal Surgery | $2.5 Million |
| Delayed diagnosis of Cancer | $500,000 |
| Delayed diagnosis of infection | $1 Million |
| Delayed diagnosis of shoulder dislocation | $185,000 |
| Failure to Report Radiologic Findings of Cancer to Patien | $600,000 |
| Medication Mismanagement Resulting in Death | $675,000 |
| Hypoxic Injury Due to Delay in Treatment of Illness | $425,000 |
| Pedestrian struck by vehicle; multiple injuries | $502,000 |
| Delayed diagnosis of infection | $274,999 |
| Failure to diagnose and treat blood loss anemia | $250,000 |
