Category Archives: Auto Accidents

Rear-end Auto Collision – Morgan County

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August 2003
ŸChronic neck and shoulder painŸ
Final offer before trial:  $4,000
TOTAL JUDGMENT:  $87,775

MORGAN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

Damon P. Edwards v. Phillip R. Friesen

Case No: 01-CV-101

Judge: James R. Leh

Trial Dates: August 18 - 21, 2003

Plaintiff's Attorneys: David S. Hoover and Michael J. Harvey (Hoover Law Firm)

Defendant's Attorney: Timothy S. Kovac (Walberg, Dagner & Tucker, PC)

Type of Claim: Personal injury - rear-end auto collision. The plaintiff was driving a GMC pickup truck west on Colorado Interstate 76 at approximately 40 mph. The defendant, Phillip Friesen, driving a 1983 Plymouth station wagon west at approximately 60 mph when he rear-ended the plaintiff's vehicle. The plaintiff acknowledged that road was ice-covered. The plaintiff's father testified that he had been on that stretch of the roadway thirty minutes prior to the collision and that it was icy and treacherous. The defendant claimed that he was presented with a sudden emergency...

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Rear-end Auto Collision – Denver County

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April 2003
ŸLow back fusionŸ
Final offer before trial:  $225,000
TOTAL JUDGMENT:  $361,465

DENVER DISTRICT COURT

Christopher Lee Giauque v. McBride Electric, Inc.

Case No: 01-CV-820

Judge: Joseph E. Meyer HI

Trial Dates: April 21 - 23, 2003

Plaintiff's Attorneys: David S. Hoover and Michael J. Harvey (Hoover Law Firm)

Defendant's Attorney: Richard K. Rediger (Overturf & McGath, PC)

Type of Claim: Personal injury - rear-end auto colli­sion. Admitted liability. The plaintiff, Christopher Lee Giauque, stopped his car at a red light on Broadway at approximately 4:25 p.m. on June 28, 2000. The defen­dant's employee was driving a Chevy utility truck owned by McBride Electric when the employee inad­vertently failed to stop and the truck struck the plain­tiff's vehicle from the rear. The defendant admitted that the utility truck struck the rear of the plaintiff's vehicle and that the driver was within the course and scope of his employment with McBride Electric. The defendant...

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Two Separate Auto Collisions – Jefferson County

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December 2002
ŸNeck, shoulder and left wrist surgeryŸ
Final combined offer before trial:  $50,000
TOTAL JUDGMENT:  $306,717

Valerie George and Dennis Guern v. Francine Steinberg and Randy Rettenberger

Case No: 01-CV-1323

Judge: Christopher J. Munch

Trial Dates: December 16 - 20, 2002

Plaintiff's Attorneys: David S. Hoover and Michael J. Harvey (Hoover Law Firm)

Defendant's Attorneys: Francine Steinberg: John P. Craver (White and Steele) Randy Rettenberger: Geoffrey S. Race (Wells Anderson and Race, LLC)

Type of Claim: Personal injuries resulting from two auto collisions. Randy Rettenberger admitted liability. Valerie George was involved in two automobile colli­sions. On April 17, 2000, the plaintiff was stopped at a red light when her vehicle was struck from the rear by a vehicle driven by Francine Steinberg. That collision occurred at the intersection of Kipling Street and 38th Avenue. On February 1, 2001, the plaintiff was driving east on 48th Avenue at the intersection of Ward Road...

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Auto Collision/Uninsured Motorist – Alamosa County

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November 2002
ŸAggravation of long-standing degenerative disc diseaseŸ
Final offer before trial:  $15,000
TOTAL JUDGMENT:  $235,505

ALAMOSA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

Janet Adams v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Case No: 00-CV-124

Judge: John Kuenhold

Trial Dates: November 19 - 22, 2002

Plaintiff's Attorneys: David S. Hoover and Michael J. Harvey (Hoover Law Firm)

Defendant's Attorney: Dale Enck, Buena Vista

Type of Claim: Personal injury - auto collision; unin­sured motorist. Janet Adams, 65, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Cynthia Danielson on May 5, 2000, when that vehicle was struck by a vehicle driven by Wesley J. Willett. Mr. Willett settled with Janet Adams for his policy limits of $25,000, and Janet Adams sought underinsured motorist coverage through State Farm, which provided the policy for Cynthia Danielson. Janet Adams claimed economic and non­economic losses and physical impairment as a result of the collision. The defendant admitted that Wesley Willett caused the collision,...

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Auto Collision – Alamosa County

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November 2002
ŸNeck Strain - Pre-existing knee injuries with surgeryŸ
Final offer before trial:  $60,000
TOTAL JUDGMENT:  $461,964

ALAMOSA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

Ida Charlotte Manzanares v. Wayne E. Richardson and A & L Coors, Inc.

Case No: 0lCV-17

Judge: Amanda K. Pearson

Trial Dates: November 6 - 8, 2002

Plaintiff's Attorneys: David S. Hoover and Michael J. Harvey (Hoover Law Firm)

Defendant's Attorney: Tom Henderson (Burg, Simpson, Eldredge, Hersh & Jardine, PC)

Type of Claim: Personal injury - auto collision. The plaintiff, Ida Manzanares, alleged she was injured on June 26, 2000, as a result of a motor vehicle collision with a vehicle driven by the defendant Wayne E. Richardson, an employee of A & L Coors, Inc. The plaintiff said that she was traveling 30 mph on a through street when the defendant pulled away from the stop sign and struck the left rear quarter panel of her vehicle. The plaintiff indicated no...

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