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Confidential Pre-Trial Settlement

We represented a client who was injured while passing through an intersection on a green light. He was struck by a Deputy Sheriff who was displaying her overhead lights, but not using her siren when she ran a red light and struck our client. The County claimed it was not liable for the crash because it alleged that its Deputy was engaged in an “emergency response” and, thus, the County claimed it had immunity from our client’s lawsuit. After the case was initially dismissed by the trial court, we prevailed on appeal and the case was returned to the trial court. During trial, we claimed that the Deputy was not engaged in an emergency response call at the time of the crash and, in any event, she did not comply with all the rules and regulations pertaining to how officers are supposed to properly respond to an emergency call. After several years of litigation, the case settled during trial.

Confidential Post-Trial Settlement

While working ‘of counsel’ to a Denver (CO) law firm, Blake Brunkenhoefer and his colleague, Rick Eddington, obtained a substantial, excess verdict in the State District Court of Weld County, CO. In that case, the client was an off-duty police officer who was rear-ended while waiting for an over-sized load to clear a bridge. The defendant driver’s policy limits were timely demanded and, in fact, on multiple occasions, but they were not timely paid. As a result of Rick’s efforts setting up the “bad faith” of the insurer (i.e., for its failure to timely pay limits), Blake and Rick were able to collect more than 3 times the available insurance for their client.

Confidential Pre-Trial Settlement

We filed suit on behalf of the family of a young woman who was killed when the tire on her family’s SUV blew out. Through diligent work and expert testimony, we were able to show that the tire failed due to a catastrophic tread separation caused by defects in the design and construction of the tire. As a result, we were to able to obtain a satisfactory settlement for the young woman’s family.

$6,250,000 Pre-Trial Settlement by Retailer

• $4,144,341 Client
• $2,900,000 Fees
• $180,659 Case Expenses

We represented a 74-year-old Vietnam veteran in Iowa who suffered third-degree burns to 14% of his body when his neighbor was refilling a decorative firepot that burned gel fuel and flaming gel fuel unexpectedly ejected from the bottle. The gel fuel manufacturer settled for a confidential amount and the retailer paid $6,250,000 to settle our client’s claims.

Confidential Pre-Trial Settlement

Two children were injured when an American Bulldog attacked a little girl, and her twin brother came to her rescue. The little girl was severely injured, and her brother had defensive wounds.

$3,750,000 Pre-Trial Settlement

In this sad case, a mother became trapped inside a submerged vessel and drowned. Our client was a licensed captain employed by an on-the-water tow company to pull a boat off a sandbar. The vessel our captain was given to pull the boat off the sandbar was not properly designed or equipped for towing operations. As a result of the vessel’s high center of gravity, lack of adequate propulsion, and lack of proper tow posts and harnesses, the vessel rolled when our client engaged the engines to attempt the tow, thus trapping and killing her. Although maritime wrongful death remedies limited the recovery available to the deceased captain’s estate and child, we were able to secure a settlement that ensured our client’s child will be able to attend the colleges of her choice and otherwise have the financial means to enjoy the life her mother would have wanted for her.