Case Results
MOTORCYCLE
- 2019 – Lead counsel for a motorcyclist in Tennessee who suffered catastrophic injuries against a major transport company resulting in confidential settlement.
- 2017 – Lead counsel for a motorcyclist in Kentucky who suffered catastrophic injuries against a major transport company resulting in confidential settlement.
- 2016 – Lead counsel for a motorcyclist in Kentucky who suffered catastrophic injuries against a major transport company resulting in confidential settlement.
- 2016 – Lead counsel for a motorcyclist in Iowa who suffered catastrophic injuries against a major transport company resulting in confidential settlement.
- 2015 – Lead Counsel in Don McAfee, et., al. v Carol Lopatin, U.S. District Ct., Middle District of Missouri, Cause No. 2:14-cv-4209, a motorcycle injury case, resulting in a $73,336.82 jury verdict.
TRAIN
- Co-Lead Counsel for a client injured by the acts of a against a railroad company resulting in a confidential settlement.
- Lead Counsel in a products case where the design flaw of a shuttle car resulted in the death of a miner, resulting in a $625,000 settlement.
PREMISES LIABILITY DUE TO UNSAFE PROPERTY
2014 – Sutton, et al. v. The Federal Materials Company, Inc., et al, No. 07-CI-00007 (Ky. Cir. Ct) (Co-Lead Counsel; $10.1 million class settlement for owners of residential and commercial properties constructed with defective concrete).
DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS
- Lead Counsel in a products liability case against a cosmetic manufacturer
- 2016 – Lead Counsel for a group of individuals in a products liability case against a cosmetic manufacturer resulting in confidential settlement.
- Co-Lead Counsel for Staton v. IMI South, et al. (Ky. Cir. Ct.) Class settlement for approximately $30 million for repair and purchase of houses built with defective concrete.
- Counsel for recipients of a defective heart valve, leading to a worldwide settlement against the manufacturer. $165 million settlement.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Lead Counsel in a case involving negligent nursing supervision of intensive care monitoring, resulting in a confidential six figure settlement.
CANCER MISDIAGNOSIS
2019 – Lead counsel for the Estate of a woman against a physician in Tennessee who repeatedly failed to advise of cancerous findings she received in two different pathology reports, which was a substantial factor in her death. Confidential settlement.
TAXES
- 2015 – Lead Counsel in Appalachian Land Company v EQT Supreme Court of Kentucky, 2013-SC-000598-CL changing the law in Kentucky regarding deduction of coal severance taxes in mineral leases in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- 2015 – Lead Counsel in Lawrence Holmes and Jason D. Myers v. Forrest “Ben” Waide and Liberty Rehabilitation PSC No. 13-CI-1193 (Hopkins (KY) Circuit Court), resulting in a $681,000 jury verdict.
- 2014 – Young, et al. v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co, et al., No. 11-5015 (E.D. Ky.) (series of class actions against multiple insurance companies arising from unlawful collection of local taxes on premium payments; class certified and affirmed on appeal, 693 F.3d 532 (6th Cir., 2012); settlements with all defendants for 100% refund of taxes collected)
- 2013 – Co-lead Counsel on a three week jury trial in Madisonville, Kentucky resulting in a $1.39 million verdict in favor of a church and a business against two coal companies for causing subsidence to their properties
- 2012 – Nichols v. Progressive Direct Insurance Co., et al., No. 2:06cv146 (E.D. Ky.) (Class Counsel; class action arising from unlawful taxation of insurance premiums; statewide settlement with Safe Auto Insurance Company and creation of $2 million Settlement Fund; statewide settlement with Hartford Insurance Company and tax refunds of $1.75 million )
- Obtained million dollar judgments for various landowners throughout Kentucky who were victims of fraudulent mine royalty practices
- Co-counsel for a class of Kentucky residents overcharged for premium insurance taxes, resulting in settlements against insurance companies for several million dollars
- Co-Lead Counsel in the Pyro Mine Disaster that claimed the lives of 10 miners at the Williams Station Mine in Union County Kentucky. Confidential Settlements.









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