Category Archives: Personal Injury

The Contingency Fee: Providing Access To Justice For Injured Idahoans

Contingency fee

The contingency fee or “No fee unless you win” allows many people who otherwise couldn’t do so obtain access to legal services.  In the many years our Idaho personal injury attorneys have represented injured people, few clients have wanted us to work on hourly fee instead of a contingency fee at the outset of a case.   […]

Jury Trials Are Part Of What Makes America Great

jury trial

Using juries to decide conflicts is a practice that began in ancient Greece.  In their version, juries consisted of hundreds of citizens called upon to decide the facts of the cases presented.  The Magna Carta enshrined the jury as a fundamental right of an English citizen in 1215.  It established and secured the right to […]

Hepworth Holzer Obtains Five Million Dollar Judgment In Idaho Drunk Driving Case

Hepworth Holzer Obtains Five Million Dollar Judgment In Idaho Drunk Driving Case

As reported in the Idaho Press, BSR Ventures dba Advanced Heating and Cooling accepted judgment against it for $5 million to compensate the four adult daughters of Cheryl Miller of Dietrich Idaho who was killed by Advanced’s employee Larry Halbert in a drunk-driving crash in 2017. Our firm represented the Miller family in this wrongful […]

New Idaho Law Helps Enforce Insurance Obligation

New Idaho Law Helps Enforce Insurance Obligation

Check out this new Idaho law that helps enforce insurance obligations in this informative article. If you want to learn more, give us a call! As with all other states, Idaho requires drivers to be covered by liability insurance.  The motor vehicle responsibility act requires Idaho drivers to have proof of insurance with them in […]

5 Tips For Choosing a Personal Injury Attorney

choosing a personal injury attorney

Choosing a personal injury attorney to effectively represent you after an accident can be a confusing process.  You want a personal injury lawyer who will fight for you.  A lawyer with your interests in mind. If you don’t already know someone, it can be hard to decide which lawyer to hire when first looking.   […]

The On-Going Reality of Windshield Bias

windshield bias

Whenever a news story about cycling is posted on a local news site across the country the comments below it inevitably contain a well worn litany of drivers berating cyclists.  The specific incident in the cycling crash news story itself has limited significance to the views expressed.  Among other tropes, the reaction invariably includes a […]