U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division
EKO attorneys, Conan Becknell and Steve Olson recently successfully defended a trucking company and its driver in a Federal District Court trial in Des Moines, Iowa.
The case, with admitted fault, included a pretrial demand of $485k and an offer of $150k. At trial, the Plaintiff put forth medical bills of $176K for a knee surgery and back treatment and added future pain and suffering in its request to the jury in excess of $900k. The Jury, after 2 hours of deliberation, returned a $55K favorable verdict for the defense.