Our Results: More Than $159 Million Recovered for Idaho Clients Since 2018
At Hepworth Holzer, we think compensation recovered for clients is one very real measure of our Boise injury attorney work. Since 2018, we have recovered more than $159 million for injured Idahoans and for families who lost someone because another party was careless. That $159 million came through car crash case jury verdicts, trucking case court judgments, petition determinations, and negotiated settlements in Idaho’s state and federal courts. It reflects we really are winning Idaho injury lawyers.
This summary chart shows those total recoveries on a year by year not just the biggest cases. A single headline number tells you one thing about what the firm did once for one client.
Our eight-year record since the merger between the Hepworth Janis firm and the Holzer Edwards firm tells you a deeper story. These millions reflect the recoveries from cases for the hundreds of clients we have helped not just the multimillion and million dollar results outlined below the chart.
Total Recovered for Our Clients, Year by Year
- 2018 — $15,960,000
- 2019 — $7,260,000
- 2020 — $12,204,000
- 2021 — $11,850,000
- 2022 — $16,230,000
- 2023 — $60,570,000
- 2024 — $16,530,000
- 2025 — $18,775,000
Total recovered for our clients, 2018–2025 — $159,379,000
These are the gross amounts recovered on behalf of our clients in each calendar year. They span every area we practice: medical malpractice, commercial trucking and auto collisions, aviation crashes, wrongful death, product liability, liquor liability, employment, insurance disputes, industrial accidents, and premises liability.
Year-to-year the total recovered changes. And it should. We take cases on merit rather than on volume. A single catastrophic-injury or wrongful death case can reshape an entire year’s figure. What holds steady for winning Idaho injury lawyers across all eight years is how we prepare: every case is built as though it will be tried to a jury, which is a substantial part of why so many of them resolve well before one is ever seated.
The verdicts, settlements, and judgments below are individual results drawn from the history of our winning Idaho injury lawyer trial firms. Its followed by a closer look at several of the cases behind them.
Our Lawyers’ History Of Success Speaks For Itself
- Confidential Settlement – Medical Malpractice Case
- $12.4 million petition determination – Fraud Case
- $7.55 million verdict – Medical Malpractice Case
- $5.50 million settlement Plane Crash/Wrongful Death case
- $5.00 million judgment – Wrongful Death/Commercial Truck Collision Case
- $4.80 million settlement – Trucking Accident Case
- $4.45 million judgment – Industrial Accident Case
- $3.80 million verdict – Property Damage/Flood Case
- $3.80 million settlement – Wrongful Death/Aviation Case
- $3.30 million settlement – Auto Accident Case
- $3.00 million settlement – Commercial Collision Case
- $2.93 million verdict – Medical Malpractice Case
- $2.90 million verdict – Dram Shop Liquor Liability Case
- $2.65 million settlement – Product Liability Case
- $2.40 million verdict – Personal Injury/Farm Insurance Case
- $2.21 million verdict – Product Liability Case
- $2.21 million judgment – Employment Case
- $2.00 million verdict – Auto Collision Case
- $1.92 million settlement – Commercial Trucking Accident Case
- $1.85 million verdict – Trucking Accident Case
- $1.85 million judgment – Wrongful Death Case
- $1.70 million verdict – Farming Accident Case
- $1.66 million verdict – Property Injury (Trip & Fall) Case
- $1.60 million verdict – Trucking Crash Case
- $1.50 million settlement – Bicycle Crash Case
- $1.45 million settlement – Wrongful Death/Aviation Case
- $1.40 million settlement – Wrongful Death/Auto Case
- $1.25 million settlement – Trucking Accident Case
- $1.20 million verdict – Animal Attack Dog Bite Case
- $1.20 million settlement – Medical Negligence Case
- $1.123 million verdict – Medical Malpractice Case
- $1.00 million settlement – Paraplegia/Auto Accident Case
- $1.00 million settlement – Medical Malpractice Case
- $1.00 million verdict – Industrial Accident Insurance Case
- $1.00 million settlement – Homeowner’s Insurance Case
- $750 thousand verdict – Car Crash Case
A Few Notable Cases From Our Lawyers
- Marchand v. Mercy Medical Center, 22 F.3d 933 (9th Cir. 1994) Charlie Hepworth obtained a $4.2 million damages award for the client hurt by acts at the hospital after an on the job injury. In addition, the firm recovered costs and fees which is very unusual for a medical malpractice action.
- Miller et. al v. Larry R. Halbert and BSR Ventures, LLC, d/b/a Advanced Heating & Cooling., Fourth District, Ada County CV01-18-06622 (2020). HVAC installer Halbert caused a collision after drinking with a blood alcohol content in excess of .25 killing Cheryl Miller the seventy year old mother of four adult daughters. Halbert had seven prior DUI convictions including 2 felony DUI convictions prior to being hired by Advanced Heating. The case settled with a court judgment of $5,000,000.00 being entered in favor of the four daughters and against Halbert and his company.
- Hawes v. Western Pacific Timber, Idaho Supreme Court, Docket No. 47133, December 18, 2020. Former in house counsel sought to get paid under his oral severance agreement. Defendant company attempted to avoid its obligations. Mr. Hawes recovered his $500,000 in severance, which was trebled under the wage claim statute and recovered his attorney fees. It resulted in a judgment in excess of 2.21 million dollars.
- Weatherly v. Cruz, MASSV Music Festival 2012, MASSV Holdings LLC, City of Ketchum, Werry and Casino Inc., Fifth District, Blaine County CV-2014-346 (2016). Off-duty police officer suffered life changing injuries when a drunken concert goer fell off a building and onto his head at a live music performance. The client could never return to work as an active law enforcement officer. In a complex multi-faceted case, the firm was able reach a confidential resolution that allowed the long-time officer, army veteran and his family to get a fresh start on life.
- Hernandez v. Giltner Trucking LLC and Weaver, Fifth District, Twin Falls County CV-14-4313 (2016). In the early morning hours a commercial milk truck driver ran a stop sign in rural Twin Falls County. He hit a passing pickup and killed a wife and mother of 8. Her two sons in the truck also suffered injuries in the wreck. The case was dismissed for defendants’ payment of $1,992,500.
- Chadwick v. Jomax Construction Co. Inc., and Frost, District Court, Burleigh County North Dakota 4:13-cv-145 (2015). Defendant’s HazMat fueling truck illegally pulled out onto the highway causing a high speed collision with the semi-truck driven by Mr. Chadwick. Our client, who was a multiple times convicted felon committed to getting his life back by recommitting to his LDS faith after multiple brushes with the law and substance abuse, suffered severe injuries to his hips, legs and head. After many months of rehabilitative care, our client passed as a result of the after-effects of his injuries. The defendants paid $1,250,000 in damages to his wife and children.
- Myers v. Garshelis, Lambert Construction, Fourth District, Ada County CVOC-1318617 (2014). Driver chose to run from police instead of allowing himself to be pulled over. In his effort to escape he lost control of his truck killing himself and causing a spinal cord injury to the passenger. The case resolved for payment of the policy limits of $3,000,000 for the benefit of the passenger and establishment of a Special Needs Trust.
- Dragt v. Franks and TK Transportation, Fifth District, Twin Falls County CV-12-3521 (2014). Stopped in traffic, waiting for the car ahead of him to turn from the highway, our client suffered hip, back and leg injuries when rear-ended by a tractor trailer negligently driven by Franks. Defendants were required to pay $967,000 for injuries inflicted to the plaintiff.
