Key Experience
Key Jury Trial Experience
2023 – Neighbor dispute jury trial. Represented defendant/counterclaimant. Recovered more in settling the counterclaim than the jury awarded against our client at trial.
2022 – Product liability involving a trolley bike foot injury with alleged CRPS. Judgment against client was less than 7% Plaintiff’s ask number, and 30% of the pre-trial demand.
2022 – Construction Defect Arbitration: Award for less than our opponents last demand.
2019 – Product liability involving industrial drill rig and amputation from use. Defense verdict, which was affirmed on appeal.
2017 – Declaratory Judgment (consulting counsel). Client’s position was approved by the court.
2015 – Premises liability trial (consulting counsel). Defense verdict.
2015 – Asbestos product liability trial- Mesothelioma. Directed verdict for defendant.
2013 – Asbestos product liability trial – Mesothelioma. Defense verdict.
2012 – Asbestos product liability trial- Lung Cancer. Defense verdict.
2012 – Asbestos product liability trial- Lung Cancer. Defense verdict.
2012 – Asbestos product liability trial- Lung Cancer (consulting counsel). Defense Verdict.
2010 – Asbestos product liability trial – Mesothelioma. Defense verdict in phase 2 of a reverse bifurcated trial.
2010 – Asbestos product liability trial – Lung Cancer. Defense verdict.
2009 – Asbestos product liability trial- Mesothelioma. Defense verdict in phase 2 of a reverse bifurcated trial.
Key Appellate Experience
2020 – Ormsby v. Central Mine Equipment Co., 616 S.W.3d 741 (Mo. Ct. App. 2020)
2015 – Emerson v. James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Found., 591 F. App’x 522, 523 (8th Cir.) (cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 2897, 192 L. Ed. 2d 932 (2015)).
2015 – Parrish v. Obstetrix Med. Grp. of Kansas & Missouri, P.A., No. 112139, 2015 WL 4094314 (Kan. Ct. App. June 19, 2015).
2011 – Taylor v. Bi-County Health Department, 2011 IL App (5th) 090475, 353 Ill. Dec. 857, 956 N.E.2d 985 (Ill. App. 5th Dist. 2011).
2011 – Knudson v. Systems Painters, 634 F.3d 968 (8th Cir. 2011)
2009 – Webster v. OTWO I, Inc., 296 S.W.3d 501 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
Key Victories / Settlements
Because most settlements carry confidentiality and a duty to not disclose, Turney LG does not discuss details of settlements. However, our team can say that it has successfully resolved matters from minor injuries to catastrophic claims with local, national and international media exposure.
We measure resolution success on various factors, for example:
- Whether the case is resolved pre-suit;
- Whether the case is resolved pre-deposition;
- The timeliness of resolution (before substantial defense costs are incurred);
- The final resolution amount in light of prior demands; and
- The relative position of our client in a global settlement.
Between October 2017 and February 2022, of Turney LG case resolutions:
- ~50% settled before a deposition was taken
- ~25% settled before suit was filed
- ~25% were resolved with no payment (voluntarily dismissed, not filed within the statute of limitations, or dismissed by the court)
* Settlements, verdicts and dismissals depend on the facts of each case. Past success does not guarantee success in any future cases
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