Case Results

$42 million Judgment in Knott Circuit Court for Reberta Jent who was badly injured when a vehicle in which she was a passenger was struck by a vehicle driven by an employee of Murrial-Don Coal Company in April 2010. Judgment is now final and coal company has sued its London, England Insurance Company for payment.

Settlement of 2008 Fire Loss for $3 million+ at mediation for Paintsville home and contents shortly before trial.

$2.5 Million Settlement for injuries sustained by Mary Ward, age 22 at the time, in a car-truck crash at Paintsville. The case was brought by Janice Ward, of Harold in Floyd County, on her daughter's behalf. The case was set for trial in July 2009 but settled at Mediation.

Lawrence Jury Award of $1.183 Million for Selena Russell for damages, finding that a hospital had breached the standard of care in the birth of her son, Blake.

$980,000 was paid to a mother and high school daughter who were injured when their SUV was struck by a delivery truck. The daughter suffered a broken leg and was unable to continue with her basketball career.

Mike Kirk Received an Award of $750,000 from the Floyd County Jury for damages for wrongful termination of his employment at Clayton Mobile Homes. Kirk, a Clayton Manager, was fired for shooting and killing a "midnight intruder" at one of the homes, on the grounds that an employee could not bring a gun to work. Evidence was presented that a person or persons had been breaking into the homes and that management would not offer any solution to the thefts. Kirk, as a manager, suffered an economic loss from the thefts.

Settlement At "Courthouse Steps" for $350,000 for a client who was injured when an empty coal truck trailer separated from a tractor and crossed into his lane injuring the client and causing the death of the client's passenger.

Heart Attack At Work settled for $300,000. The client, an underground miner, suffered a heart attack at home after work. The client, with coronary artery disease, experiences chest pains at work. The case alleged that unusually hard work "precipitated" infarction. The company defended on the grounds that, with coronary artery disease, the heart attack was not caused by work but by an underlying disease.