- Obtained defense verdict for a municipality in a six-week personal injury trial brought by a firefighter with claimed damages of $12 million.
- In Oregon, successfully defended a general contractor at trial against a $54 million claim for wrongful death, and obtained a directed verdict that punitive damages were not recoverable.
- In Alaska, successfully defended employer and negotiated a fair settlement in a dram shop wrongful death case.
- Obtained defense jury verdict at trial for a county against claims of negligent supervision, retaliation, and hostile work environment.
- Defended public school district at trial against claims of discrimination and civil rights violations by obtaining a partial directed verdict on three claims and defense verdict on one claim.
- Successfully assisted in obtaining defense jury verdict for a municipality in a $123 million case.
- Obtained a defense jury verdict for a public school district, including a directed verdict for claims of federal civil rights violations, negligence, negligent supervision, and outrage.
- Obtained a directed verdict for a small business subcontractor against a catastrophic personal injury claim at a state hazardous waste site.
- Obtained summary judgment dismissal in a $1 million wrongful death case.
- Favorably resolved an aviation wrongful death claim for nuisance value.
- Obtained voluntary dismissal for a municipality against a plaintiff asserting catastrophic neurological injuries, traumatic brain injury and multiple organ failure.
- Obtained summary judgment dismissal for a municipality in a negligent investigation claim involving allegations that it failed to timely test a sexual assault kit.
- Favorably resolved admiralty/maritime wrongful death case.
- Negotiated settlement well below plaintiff’s demand in a wrongful death case against a municipality arising from black ice on a roadway allegedly caused by an underground spring and defective drainage.
- Obtained summary judgment dismissal for a municipality in a personal injury claim arising from a propane heater positioned inside a tent at a local event.
- Successfully obtained a voluntary dismissal of a wrongful death claim against a subcontractor involving a vehicle-pedestrian accident.
- Successfully mediated an arborist’s wrongful death case against a county fire department for $150,000, significantly below his estate’s multimillion dollar demand.
- Obtained summary judgment dismissal of a catastrophic personal injury for a municipality. Summary judgment was affirmed on appeal; Supreme Court denied review.
- Obtained summary judgment dismissal for a municipality in a catastrophic head-injury case.
- Obtained summary judgment dismissal in a wrongful death lawsuit involving tractor trailer.
- Obtained voluntary dismissal for a construction company in a wrongful death suit involving roadway maintenance after deposing plaintiff’s traffic engineering expert.
- Prevailed on dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a local Tribe and its employees in two separate courts.
- Obtained dismissal of personal injury claims against a local Tribe and its employees based on sovereign immunity
- Crouthamel v. Walla Walla School Dist. et al., Ninth Cir. No. 21-35387 (2023) (successfully defended summary judgment dismissal of state and federal claims against school districts).
- Langholt v. Kaiser Foundation Plan, Wash. Ct. App. No. 852230 (2023) (successfully defended summary judgment dismissal of head injury and wrongful death claim).
- Murphy v. Medical Oncology Assoc. et al. Wash. Ct. App. No. 375455 (2023) (successfully defended defense jury verdict in medical malpractice and wrongful death case), rev. denied ___Wn.2d ___ (2024).
- Pitoitua v. Gaube et al., ___ Wn. App. 2d ___, 534 P.3d 882 (2023) (successfully defended summary judgment dismissal of a wrongful death claim against Tulalip Tribe employees).
- Rogerson v. City of Seattle, Wash. Ct. App. No. 84646-9 (2023) (successfully defended summary judgment dismissal of a negligent investigation claim involving allegations that the City failed to timely test a sexual assault kit).
- Am. Fam. Mut. Co. v. Wood Stoves, Etc. Inc., 24 Wn. App. 2d 26, 518 P.3d 666 (2022) (successfully reversed summary judgment against a product seller because plaintiff failed to prove that it could not pursue the product manufacturer).
- Yamada v. Earl’s Restaurant, Wash Ct. App. No. 830490 (2022) (successfully defended summary judgment dismissal of a slip-and-fall claim against a restaurant).
- Sudbeck v. Eagle Transp., Inc., Wash. Ct. App. No. 81154-1 (2021) (successfully defended summary judgment dismissal of a personal injury case against a landowner).
- Benjamin v. Walsh, Ninth Cir. No. 19-35814 (2020) (successfully defended summary judgment in federal court for an alleged Eighth Amendment violation against a county employee).
- Volkert v. Elizabeth Ziegler, Ph.D. et al., 8 Wn. App. 2d 399 (2019) (successfully obtained discretionary review and reversed trial court order that the Uniform Health Care Information Act does not apply to independent medical reports).
- Reagan v. Newton, 7 Wn. App. 2d 781 (2019) (successfully defended summary judgment dismissal of medical malpractice claim).
- Yankee v. Group Health et al., Wash. Ct. App. No. 77544-8 (2019) (successfully defended defense jury trial verdict in a medical malpractice case).
- Moyer v. PeaceHealth et al., Wash. Ct. App. No. 75836-5 (2018), rev. denied, 191 Wn.2d 1006 (successfully defended defense jury verdict in a medical malpractice case).
- Wilcox v. Basehore, et al., 187 Wn.2d 772 (2017) (successfully defended directed verdict for a small business owner against a catastrophic personal injury claim and affirmed application of the borrowed servant doctrine).