Personal Injury Lawyers
If someone you care about has been taken from you by someone else's acts, please contact us so that we may help. The sudden death of a loved one often leaves us empty and in shock. The grieving, anger, loss and inevitable acceptance of their departure may be the process, and many people will remind you that it is, but it doesn't change the facts, nor ease the pain. Unfortunately, neither will a lawsuit for the wrongful death act; lawsuits aren't intended as revenge; rather, they are a means of compensating for the future to assist one monetarily by filling an income void and for the loss of the companionship. We financially plan for weddings and graduations, we emotionally plan for natural deaths, but we don't plan for sudden deaths in accidents. When someone makes that choice for us, the law holds them accountable to us, and their insurance compensates us. You'll find that the wrongful death attorneys at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm are tough-minded trial lawyers, determined to obtain the best possible solution for you, while also compassionate caring and energetic people worthy of your trust.
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tramatic brain injury & wrongful death award
On Thursday, June 30th, 2011, a Southern District of Iowa jury returned a verdict in favor of the Plaintiffs for more than 4 million dollars. The lawsuit arose out of a semi vs. car accident occurring in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on February 20, 2008.
Plaintiffs, Two Rivers Bank and Trust, as Conservator for K.H., a Minor, Kala Holtkamp, Tia Hamm, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Christopher D. Davis, and Nicholas Finely, alleged that defendant, Vanya Atanasova was negligent in the operation of her semi truck and that defendant, Venture One, Inc., as owner of the semi truck, was responsible for her negligence. Plaintiffs proved that just minutes prior to the accident, defendant Atanasova illegally pulled her semi over and stopped on the shoulder of Highway 218. Immediately before the accident, Attanasova pulled out off of the shoulder and in front of the vehicle being driven by Kala Holtkamp who could not avoid the semi in time. The Holtkamp vehicle struck the rear of the semi, killing front seat passenger Christopher Davis, seriously injuring back seat passenger, 2 year old, K.H., and also injuring Kala Holtkamp.
The jury found that Kala Holtkamp should be compensated $400,915.76; K.H., $3,190,852.40; The Estate of Christopher Davis, $71,371.59; Tia Hamm, $400,000; and Nicholas Finley, $25,000. Defendants were found to be 90% at fault and Kala Holtkamp was found to only be 10% at fault.
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