Hoyt & Blewett PLLC

The injury & wrongful death attorneys of Hoyt & Blewett have received significant judgments in court in favor of their clients for over 30 years, in addition to a wide range of recoveries for clients through settlement just prior to trial. The settlements are confidential, but the judgments are public knowledge. The following are some of these significant judgments, including 16 in excess of $1,000,000.00.

• 1971 Thelma Welch v. State Farm ~ $402,400.00
• 1974 Farmer v. Boyles Brothers Drilling Co. ~ $1,200,000.00
• 1975 McGee v. BN ~ $618,000.00
• 1976 Torchia v. BN ~ $580,000.00
• 1977 Frisnegger v. Gibson ~ $175,000.00
• 1978 Kopische v. First Continental Corp. ~ $422,500.00
• 1981 Mary Marshall v. BN ~ $825,000.00
• 1982 Bergen v. BN ~ $270,000.00
• 1982 Robert W. Callihan v. BN ~ $1,031,029.00
• 1983 Lawrence A. Barnes v. BN ~ $3,200,000.00
• 1983 Kenneth and Janet Herold v. BN ~ $9,790,000.00
• 1985 Arla Robinson v. Hegle ~ $1,400,000.00
• 1986 Tacke v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. ~ $3,500,000.00
• 1986 Brewington v. BN ~ $ 400,000.00
• 1986 Svalstad v. Glaus ~ $325,000.00
• 1986 Joyce Jenkins v. All Nation Ins. Co. ~ $650,000.00
• 1987 Nilson v. BN ~ $ 435,000.00
• 1988 Finstad v. Montana Power Co. ~ $ 440,000.00
• 1989 Bink v. First Bank System ~ $175,000.00
• 1990 Holmgren v. State Farm Ins. Co. ~ $ 150,000.00
• 1990 Counts v. BN ~ $ 430,000.00
• 1991 O'Leyar v. Callendar ~ $2,000,000.00
• 1992 Janssen v. BN ~ $1,097,197.96
• 1992 Hughes, et al. v. USA ~ $5,000,000.00
• 1992 Kleffner v. Pleasant Valley Colony ~ $500,000.00
• 1993 J.R. Taylor v. Wurz and Rimrock Colony ~ $1,033,470.29
• 1993 Tony Rogers v. Howell ~ $330,000.00
• 1993 Estate of Brockie v. Omo Construction Co. ~ $175,000.00
• 1993 David Dunkelberger v. BN ~ $450,000.00
• 1994 William Short v. Amtrak ~ $350,000.00
• 1996 Redwolf v. BN ~ $250,000,000.00
• 1996 Eugene Bevacqua v. Union Pacific ~ $320,000.00
• 1996 Frederick Doty v. Campion and USA ~ $2,400,000.00
• 1997 Gliko v. Montana Power Co. ~ $227,000.00
• 1997 Fred Brown v. BN ~ $200,000.00
• 1998 Bumgarner v. Farmers Union Mutual Ins. ~ $3,202,000.00
• 2000 Will Lewis v. Amtrak ~ $841,500.00
• 2001 Mangini v. USA & Timberline ~ $656,657.58
• 2001 Turner and Oskowski v. BNSF ~ $838,500.00
• 2002 Crippen v. Gliko ~ $200,141.03
• 2002 Dorn v. BNSF ~ $7,008,000.00
• 2003 Woods v. BNSF ~ $969,796.78
• 2004 Gilchrist v. Cooper Construction, Inc., et al. ~ $1,400,000.00
• 2005 Seltzer v. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher ~ $21,350,000.00
• 2005 Oset v. Zentner ~ $204,192.80
• 2006 Rackley v. Anderson ~ $700,000.00
• 2007 Olson v. Shumaker Trucking ~ $940,296.00
• 2007 Tucker v. Farmers Insurance ~ $516,000.00
• 2007 Procopio v. Allstate (UIM Claim) ~ $300,000.00
• 2008 Messick/Bowman v. Patrol Helicopters ~ $2,505,000.00
• 2008 Procopio v. Allstate (Bad Faith Claim) ~ $462,000.00