DKOW is known for its meticulous and highly effective advocacy in complex personal injury, wrongful death, product defect, and medical malpractice litigation. With a team of accomplished trial lawyers, the firm has consistently delivered many of the most significant verdicts and settlements in Utah. Learn more about our comprehensive results below.
40,000,000
Over $40 million on behalf of our clients from litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies.
32,000,000
$32 million on behalf of our clients in Utah’s largest workplace disaster settlement.
36,700,000
$36.7 million settlement for a brain injured client in a motor vehicle accident.
11,200,000
Record $11.2 million award recovered in a medical malpractice case (brain surgery).
Our Biggest Results
Proven record of success
The firm has a proven record of success in high-stakes medical malpractice, product defect, wrongful death, and catastrophic injury cases. DKOW achieved Utah’s first eight-figure punitive damages jury verdict with a $10.5 million defective product award, a recent $25 million defective product wrongful death jury verdict, along with a record-setting $11.2 million verdict in a medical malpractice case involving brain surgery.
Our attorneys secured a $36.7 million settlement for a client who sustained a severe brain injury in a motor vehicle accident, as well as numerous other seven-figure and eight-figure recoveries for DKOW’s clients. Choose a law firm with a demonstrated ability to obtain life-changing compensation for those who have suffered devastating harm.
Record setting metrics
DKOW’s results extend far beyond the courtroom, as their attorneys are recognized leaders in both legal advocacy and community involvement. As lead counsel in the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster case, the firm secured a significant eight-figure settlement for the victims. Additionally, the firm has won multimillion-dollar settlements in cases involving workplace injuries, defective products, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, and medical negligence.
Through their extensive trial experience and commitment to justice, DKOW has earned a reputation as one of Utah’s most respected and successful plaintiff trial firms, consistently delivering exceptional results for their clients.
- Over $40,000,000 recovered from opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies for their contributions to the opioid epidemic.
- $36,700,000 settlement for a brain injured client in a motor vehicle accident.
- $32,000,000 recovered for clients in Utah’s largest workplace disaster settlement.
- $25,000,000 recovered for the wrongful death of a child, the largest such award in Utah .
- $16,000,000 verdict obtained for the abuse of a child.
- $11,200,000 verdict in a medical malpractice case, the largest such recovery in Utah.
- Record-setting Utah arbitration award, medical malpractice case.
- $10,500,000 punitive damages jury verdict, the first eight-figure punitive damages award in Utah history.
- $10,100,000 recovered for surgical mistake.
- $10,000,000 recovered for young athlete injured by defective product.
- $10,000,000 for a family who lost their husband and father in a crash.
- $9,000,000 settlement reached for acid burn victim.
- $7,500,000 jury verdict in federal court for automobile defect.
- $6,000,000 settlement for trucking collision.
- $5,400,000 wrongful death settlement for stay-at-home mother.
- $5,000,000 settlement for wrongful death caused by medical malpractice.
- $4,500,000 settlement obtained for birth injury.
- $4,125,000 recovered for family of mother killed by medical malpractice.
- $4,000,000 jury verdict for workplace injury (part-time farm employee in Mobile, Alabama).
- $3,500,000 settlement for wrongful death caused by surgical error.
- $3,100,000 wrongful death jury verdict for trucking accident.
- $3,000,000 settlement, medical malpractice case (birth injury).
- $2,750,000 verdict affirmed by the Utah Supreme Court.
- $2,700,000 product liability verdict re-instated by Utah Supreme Court.
- $2,500,000 medical malpractice jury verdict.
- $2,400,000 recovered for NFL athlete injured by medical device.
- $2,000,000 settlement for a motorcycle injury.
- $2,000,000 settlement for a sixteen year old killed in a trucking accident.
- $1,700,000 settlement for medical malpractice causing wrongful death.
- $1,600,000 jury verdict, wrongful death case.
- $1,600,000 jury verdict, trucking accident (farmer suffered traumatic brain injury after being rear ended by milk hauler).
- $1,400,000 million jury verdict, wrongful death case (negligence during hernia procedure).
- Substantial verdict in Asiana Airlines Crash at San Francisco Int’l Airport.
- Lead counsel for Crandall Canyon Mine disaster case victims, resulting in substantial eight-figure settlement.
- And numerous other confidential multimillion dollar settlements, including: accidental shooting; failure to secure a truck load; administration of contraindicated medication; motor vehicle collisions; ATV injuries; birth injuries; and surgical errors.
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