Moquin-Gomez v. Horace Mann Insurance Company, et al., Boulder County District Court.
David Driscoll and Laura Moore recover $250,000 for a 40-year old Broomfield, Colorado woman in an insurance bad faith lawsuit against the woman’s own auto insurer. The case involved claims that that the insurer, which was responsible for the payment of the woman’s medical expenses after an auto collision, unreasonably delayed a needed low back surgery. The settlement followed depositions taken by David of insurance company adjusters and a supervisor in Houston, Texas. (All cases are different and the firm does not mention this result to guarantee similar results in other cases.)
Sigman v. Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Inc., Denver District Court.
In this wrongful death action, David Driscoll represented the surviving spouse of a Flight For Life nurse who was killed in a highly publicized helicopter crash on Huron Peak during an attempted mountain rescue at 11,000 feet. The case involved complex liability issues, proceedings related to the bankruptcy of Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Inc. and subrogation claims and defenses related to the defendant's workers' compensation carrier's subrogation claims.
Claude Lamorie, et al. v. D. Debra Rogers, et al., District Court, Las Animas County, Colorado. In this medical malpractice action, Alexander Garlin represented surviving family members of an elderly woman who died as a result of negligence by a family practice physician.
Schmidt v. Lee, et al., Weld County District Court, Colorado.
In this wrongful death case, David Driscoll represented the surviving spouse of a 36-year old Weld County farmer who was killed in an intersection auto collision in 1998 caused by a drunk driver, who also died in the crash.
Alexander Morales Alcantara, et al v. Jones, et al., Denver District Court.
In this medical malpractice action, Alexander Garlin represented survivors of a Denver woman who died during coronary by-pass surgery as a result of the negligence of her surgeons and the hospital.
Phan v. Cowden
In this personal injury action, David Driscoll represented a Boulder County woman who suffered catastrophic injuries in an intersection automobile collision near Longmont, Colorado. David's work on the case received favorable mention in the ATLA Reporter, a publication of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, in 2001.
Loza v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 970 P.2d 478 (Colo. App. 1997).
In this insurance bad faith case, Alexander Garlin and David Driscoll represented a Boulder County woman in claims against her own insurance company for its denial of medical benefits related to injuries that she suffered in an automobile accident. The Colorado Court of Appeals decision in this case, which followed a favorable jury verdict, including punitive damages, is one of the leading decisions in Colorado dealing with wrongful withholding of benefits by an insurer for an alleged pre-existing condition.
Asia Pacific Flowers, Inc., et al. v. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc. et al.
In these complex product liability actions, David Driscoll and Alexander Garlin participated in a three-year, eleven-lawyer effort to secure crop damage compensation for a group of 35 nurserymen and farmers in claims against the manufacturer a fungicide that had been applied to their plants and crops. The cases involved more than a million pages of documentation and depositions in nine states and the District of Columbia.
