Category Archives: Auto Accidents

November - December 1999
ŸAge 72 - Aggravation of prior back surgery - Chronic pain, not sufficiently severe for surgeryŸ
Final offer before trial:  $30,000
TOTAL JUDGMENT:  $365,932

JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

Louis Rivera and Lucille Rivera v. Donald L. Wertz

Case No: 99-CV-0134

Judge: Christopher J. Munch

Trial Dates: November 30 - December 3, 1999

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

Defendant's Attorney: J. Gregory Morrell (Joel N. Varnell & Associates)

Type of Claim: Personal injury- rear-end auto collision and loss of consortium. On October 3, 1997, Louis Rivera, 72, was driving his vehicle when it was struck from the rear by a vehicle driven by the defendant, Donald L. Wertz. The defendant denied that he was negligent and alleged that a sudden and unexpected brake failure pre­vented him from stopping. The defendant also disputed the nature and extent of the plaintiffs' claimed injuries and damages. The...

February - March 1995
ŸReflex sympathetic dystrophy of the left (non-dominant) armŸ
Total Medical Expenses: $106,000
Final offer before trial:  $200,000
TOTAL JUDGMENT:  $1,494,752 plus statutory interest

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Donald E. Winchel and Debra Winchel v. Oroweat Food Company, Inc., a division of Entenmann's Inc.

Case No: 93-N-1037

Judge: Edward N. Nottingham

Trial Dates: February 27 - March 6, 1995

Plaintiffs' Attorneys: Howard Flicker, Michael Harvey and David S. Hoover (Norton Frickey & Associates, PC)

Defendant's Attorneys: Kenneth H. Lyman and Matthew Y. Biscan (Hall & Evans. LLC)

Type of Claim: Personal injury - auto/truck collision and loss of consortium. Admitted liability. On July 12, 1991, Ron Winchel, the plaintiff, was eastbound on Eisenhower Boulevard in Loveland, Kenneth Amling, the defendant's employee, was driving a bread truck west­bound on Eisenhower Boulevard. Mr, Amling crossed the center divider into the plaintiff's eastbound lane of traffic and struck...