Matt Denning

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• $1,250,000 settlement recovery for client involved in a motor vehicle collision.
• $632,986 verdict following jury trial for a client’s disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, and retaliation claims against the City of Des Moines.
• $435,000 settlement recovery for client involved in a motor vehicle collision.
• $280,000 verdict following jury trial for a client’s bad-faith claim against his former employer.  The client was previously employed as a truck driver and resided in Alabama.  After sustaining an injury at work, the client’s former employer required the client to travel from Alabama to Iowa for light-duty work and medical treatment.  A lawsuit was filed against the former employer alleging that it had handled the client’s workers’ compensation claim in bad-faith by failing to provide reasonable medical treatment and light-duty work.  The jury returned a favorable verdict on these claims and in addition to awarding emotional distress damages, awarded punitive damages based on the former employer’s conduct.
• $404,061.41 verdict following jury trial for client’s personal injury claim arising out of a rear-end collision by an uninsured motorist.
• Favorable resolution of client’s failure to accommodate and wrongful termination claims following his termination from Defendant employer after reporting a workplace injury and requesting reasonable accommodation for his resulting disability.
• $305,000 settlement recovery for client involved in a motor vehicle collision.
• $100,000 bad-faith claim settlement with insurance company arising out of its unreasonable delay in authorizing client’s medical care for his workers’ compensation case.
• Favorable settlement of client’s workers’ compensation claim which equated to more than 55% industrial disability (>275-weeks of benefits), plus Defendant employer agreed to pay for client’s expenses related to his medical treatment.
• $152,500 settlement recovery for on-duty Sheriff’s deputy who was involved in a motor vehicle collision; an additional $60,000 was recovered for client’s workers’ compensation claim.
• Favorable resolution of client’s employment discrimination and constructive discharge claims arising out of Defendant employer’s failure to address client’s reports of hostile work environment based on client’s race.
• $100,000 policy-limits recovery for client involved in a rear-end motor vehicle collision.
• Favorable judgment following hearing on client’s unpaid wage claim. Defendant employer was ordered to pay client’s unpaid wages plus liquidated damages for its intentional withholding. Defendant employer also ordered to pay for client’s attorneys’ fees and court costs. Defendant employer appealed this judgment to District Court.
• Favorable District Court appeal decision following both oral and written argument. District Court further ordered that Defendant employer was required to pay client’s appellate attorneys’ fees in addition to amount awarded in original judgment.
• $135,000 settlement recovery for client involved in a motor vehicle collision.
• Favorable resolution of client’s wrongful termination claim following her termination from Defendant employer after reporting a workplace injury.
• Favorable verdict following jury trial for client’s personal injury claim arising out of a motor vehicle collision. The issues of which driver was responsible for causing the collision and client’s pre-existing medical conditions were fiercely contested by defense attorney at trial.