$15,000,000
Wrongful Death
In the largest verdict ever received in Gallatin County, the Rainbow Ranch Lodge and other defendants were ordered to pay $15,000,000 to the family of a man killed by carbon monoxide poisoning and his wife, who suffered extreme trauma and a brain injury. Details regarding the landmark verdict can be read at: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/montana-jury-delivers-landmark-15-million-verdict-in-carbon-monoxide-fatality-case-302115844.html
$15,000,000
Wrongful Death
In the largest verdict ever received in Gallatin County, the Rainbow Ranch Lodge and other defendants were ordered to pay $15,000,000 to the family of a man killed by carbon monoxide poisoning and his wife, who suffered extreme trauma and a brain injury. Details regarding the landmark verdict can be read at: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/montana-jury-delivers-landmark-15-million-verdict-in-carbon-monoxide-fatality-case-302115844.html
$15,500,000
Medical Malpractice
Birth Injury - Our firm represented the family of a child who suffered a severe injury at birth because of medical negligence and the medical providers’ failure to ensure appropriate precautions were taken during the birthing process. The case settled during trial.
$1,800,000
Dangerous Product
Burn Injury - Woman suffered burns over 17% of her body after a defective product exploded.
$800,000
Auto Accident
Auto Accident Injury - Woman from north-central Montana injured when she was rear-ended at highway speeds .
$8,200,000
Product Liability and Negligence Trial
Fatal Car Crash - The jury returned a verdict, including punitive damages, against Les Schwab and others after re-tread tires were placed on the front axle of a heavy duty truck, causing the death of two innocent victims on the road.
$6,950,000
Minority Shareholder Litigation
Montana Hospitals Litigation - In the Montana Hospitals litigation, we represented employees of five Montana hospitals. The hospitals made a secret deal with a health insurer to charge above market employee health coverage prices in return for a $26 million cash payment split among the hospitals. The Hospitals agreed to pay $6.9 million to employees to resolve the case.
$6,950,000
Minority Shareholder Litigation
Montana Hospitals Litigation - In the Montana Hospitals litigation, we represented employees of five Montana hospitals. The hospitals made a secret deal with a health insurer to charge above market employee health coverage prices in return for a $26 million cash payment split among the hospitals. The Hospitals agreed to pay $6.9 million to employees to resolve the case.
Confidential Settlement
Minority Shareholder Litigation
Yellowstone Club World (YCW)) was a membership club headquartered in Big Sky, Montana, which promised its members full access to resort properties around the world, along with use of various yachts and private jets. We alleged that YCW’s owners diverted assets belonging to the club and its members for their own personal use and for use by their various other business entities. YCW was ultimately placed into involuntary bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of financial repercussions for entangled people, business entities, and properties around the world. For years afterward, in ongoing efforts to compensate innocent creditors, the various estates pursued recoveries in multiple jurisdictions. Our firm represented the chapter 7 trustee for the YCW Estate in pursuing successful recoveries of multi-million-dollar resort properties around the world, which could then be sold to generate funds to compensate club members and other legitimate creditors.
Confidential Settlement
Minority Shareholder Litigation
Yellowstone Club World (YCW)) was a membership club headquartered in Big Sky, Montana, which promised its members full access to resort properties around the world, along with use of various yachts and private jets. We alleged that YCW’s owners diverted assets belonging to the club and its members for their own personal use and for use by their various other business entities. YCW was ultimately placed into involuntary bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of financial repercussions for entangled people, business entities, and properties around the world. For years afterward, in ongoing efforts to compensate innocent creditors, the various estates pursued recoveries in multiple jurisdictions. Our firm represented the chapter 7 trustee for the YCW Estate in pursuing successful recoveries of multi-million-dollar resort properties around the world, which could then be sold to generate funds to compensate club members and other legitimate creditors.
$1,300,000
Minority Shareholder Litigation
Deceptive Business Practices - Our firm represented buyers of a business who had been provided with incomplete information regarding the indebtedness of the company which led to the loss of $1,000,000 in capital contributions.
Confidential Settlement
Deceptive Business Practices
Tidyman's Employee ESOP - In the Tidyman's cases, our clients were Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) participants whose retirement accounts were wiped out after corporate management made self-interested decisions to hold onto company stock when an opportunity to sell existed. Management elevated their own interests in continuing in their lucrative executive positions over and above the interests of the employee shareholders. After securing settlements from the corporate misfeasors, the firm successfully represented the employees in pursuing insurance coverage from the insured defendants and liability carrier. This case involved litigation at the trial court level in four distinct actions in state and federal court across two states, as well as three separate appeals to the Ninth Circuit and Montana Supreme Court.
Confidential Settlement
Deceptive Business Practices
Tidyman's Employee ESOP - In the Tidyman's cases, our clients were Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) participants whose retirement accounts were wiped out after corporate management made self-interested decisions to hold onto company stock when an opportunity to sell existed. Management elevated their own interests in continuing in their lucrative executive positions over and above the interests of the employee shareholders. After securing settlements from the corporate misfeasors, the firm successfully represented the employees in pursuing insurance coverage from the insured defendants and liability carrier. This case involved litigation at the trial court level in four distinct actions in state and federal court across two states, as well as three separate appeals to the Ninth Circuit and Montana Supreme Court.
$4,030,000
Insurance
Employees v. Hilton Garden Inn Entities - Wage and hour class-action settlement after Hilton Garden Inn entities improperly withheld service fees from employees.
Confidential Settlement
Insurance
Montana Hospitals Litigation - In the Montana Hospitals litigation, we represented employees of five Montana hospitals. The hospitals made a secret deal with a health insurer to charge above market employee health coverage prices in return for a $26 million cash payment split among the hospitals. The Hospitals agreed to pay $6.9 million to employees to resolve the case.
Confidential Settlement
Insurance
Montana Hospitals Litigation - In the Montana Hospitals litigation, we represented employees of five Montana hospitals. The hospitals made a secret deal with a health insurer to charge above market employee health coverage prices in return for a $26 million cash payment split among the hospitals. The Hospitals agreed to pay $6.9 million to employees to resolve the case.
$5,100,000
Verdict in Motorcycle Crash Case
In Oschenbein v Temp Right, we won a verdict of $5,100,000 (later reduced to $3,270,00 by the Court) for a man who was badly injured while driving his motorcycle on Highway 93 south of Missoula, Montana.
$137,500
Insurance Dispute
Insurance Dispute - Insurance company refused to pay life insurance benefits owed. We recovered the full amount of the life insurance policy, plus attorneys' fees on behalf of the deceased's spouse.
$3,300,000
Defective/Dangerous Products
We represented a woman who was badly and permanently injured as a result of taking a medication which had been prescribed off-label. We alleged that the pharmaceutical company made false claims about the drug's effectiveness as well as the drug's propensity to cause painful and life-altering side effects.
$1,800,000
Defective/Dangerous Products
We won a settlement for a woman in Great Falls, Montana who was badly injured when a decorative yard lantern exploded during a family cookout.
$120,000
Defective/Dangerous Products
We recovered a settlement for a homeowner whose home was damaged due to the installation of defective roofing materials.
$1,000,000
Auto Accident
in Gillespie v. Hatleberg, et al., we recovered $1,000,000 on behalf of a man in Polson, Montana who suffered a brain injury when he was driven off the road by another motorist who was passing illegally.
$1,750,000
Medical Malpractice
We recovered a large settlement on behalf of a man whose cancer was not diagnosed on ultrasound imaging. Our client had a tumor that could have and should have been recognized, but instead was allowed to grow. Our client survived, but the growth of the tumor allowed by the failure to diagnose resulted in a significant surgery removing large portions of his bowels which could have been avoided if the cancer had been appropriately and timely diagnosed.
$1,750,000
Medical Malpractice
We recovered a large settlement on behalf of a man whose cancer was not diagnosed on ultrasound imaging. Our client had a tumor that could have and should have been recognized, but instead was allowed to grow. Our client survived, but the growth of the tumor allowed by the failure to diagnose resulted in a significant surgery removing large portions of his bowels which could have been avoided if the cancer had been appropriately and timely diagnosed.
$1,200,000
Medical Malpractice
A patient was inappropriately released from the hospital while still under the effects of medication that caused respiratory depression. Our client died in his sleep at home after the surgery and we recovered a settlement on the family's behalf.
$3,000,000
Medical Malpractice
Following a medical procedure, our client developed a hematoma in his spine. He was not appropriately monitored, and during a shift change at the hospital the hematoma advanced and grew to the point that he was rendered partially paralyzed. We recovered a settlement against the hospital for the failure to appropriately monitor our client.
$301,700
Medical Malpractice
We recovered a settlement on behalf of our client who had a faulty orthopedic device implanted. The failure of the device resulted in a revision surgery and months of pain and suffering.
$1,750,000
Toxic substance
We recovered a large confidential settlement on behalf of our client who was exposed to a toxic substance at work, leading to a diagnosis of cancer.
$1,200,000
Auto Accidents
Fatal car crash - A semi-truck driver making an improper pass killed a man and severely injured his son.
$400,000
Auto Accidents
We recovered a settlement for a man who was hit head-on while driving for work on Huffine lane between Bozeman and Four Corners.
$5,100,000
Auto Accidents
We recovered a large settlement on behalf of our client, whose pelvis was crushed when she was run over in a cross-walk on campus.
$2,400,000
Jobsite Injuries
After a storage tank ruptured under pressure and injured our client, we recovered confidential settlements from a number of defendants as well as a $1,00,000 judgment against Belgrade Tanks (located in Minnesota, not Belgrade Montana) who manufactured the tank. We discovered that the tank not only had not been maintained appropriately, but also was designed without the appropriate venting mechanism leading to over-pressurization.
$2,400,000
Jobsite Injuries
After a storage tank ruptured under pressure and injured our client, we recovered confidential settlements from a number of defendants as well as a $1,00,000 judgment against Belgrade Tanks (located in Minnesota, not Belgrade Montana) who manufactured the tank. We discovered that the tank not only had not been maintained appropriately, but also was designed without the appropriate venting mechanism leading to over-pressurization.
$1,200,000
Jobsite Injuries
We recovered a settlement for the family of a young man who was killed while working on the oil fields when a piece of drilling equipment malfunctioned.
Confidential Settlement
Pollution
Christian v. ARCO - Represented landowners who sought to have arsenic and other mining contaminants cleaned from their land. This case was argued before the Montana Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court.
$233,000
Pollution
Contaminated drinking water - Improper use of road salt contaminated our clients’ and others drinking water. Recovery included remediation to stop the contamination.