Farnsworth v. General Motors Corp., 3AN-91-946
Jan 01, 1995OUTCOME: Confidential multi-million dollar settlement
Young woman submarined under her seatbelt in a 1989 GMC Jimmy sustaining severe internal and spinal injuries, sepsis, ARDS, and coma.
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Richard E. Vollertsen's Legal Cases (17)
Anchorage, AK
Personal injury Lawyer at Anchorage, AK
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Brain Injury ... +3 more
Dries v. Alaska Mining & Diving, Inc., 3AN-92-3901
Jan 01, 1995OUTCOME: Confidential multi-million dollar settlement
Young woman suffered near death drowning during scuba diving training resulting in traumatic brain injury and paralysis.
Taylor v. Savage Arms, Inc. 3KN-90-922
Jan 01, 1994OUTCOME: Confidential multi-million dollar settlement
11 year old boy struck by .22 caliber bullet from a defective rifle.
Gillispie v. Beta Construction, Inc., 3AN-90-8414.
Jan 01, 1993OUTCOME: Verdict: $4m
Boy killed in roadway construction zone operated in violation of the MUTCD pedestrian standards.
Adams v. Illinois Valley Paving, et al., Missouri Circuit Court, Cause no. 052-8536
N/AOUTCOME: $13.5 million settlement
Co-counsel for multiple claimants and represented the estate of an electrical engineer killed in an automobile dump truck collision caused by roadside construction work performed in violation of traffi ... c control standards imposed by the MUTCD. The engineer's son was also insured in the crash. He suffered spine injuries and severe intraabdominal seatbelt injuries, including loss of the duodenum and gall bladder, and injuries to the common bile duct and pancreatic duct.
Durand v. ERA Aviation, Inc., 3AN-03-12347
N/AOUTCOME: Confidential multi-million dollar settlement.
Lead counsel for multiple claimants, and represented an FAA technician who survived a Bell 206 Helicopter crash off of Fire Island. Liability arose out of pilot error in winter operation of the helicop ... ter below VFR flight minimums causing the helicopter to crash into Cook Inlet. Injuries included hypothermia with cardioversion, compression fractures to the spine, burst fractures to the heels, and multiple hand fractures causing substantial physical limitations and chronic pain syndrome.
Talbert v. E'ola Products, Inc., 3AN-97-4046
N/AOUTCOME: Jury award: $1.3 million in compensatory damages and $12 million in punitive damages.
Represented a young woman who suffered a vasoconstrictive cerebellar stroke while using AMP II Pro Drops, an herbal weight loss product containing ephedra. Obtained the first verdict nationally against ... an ephedra manufacturer, which led to the FDA's seizure of the company's product and assisted in the FDA's subsequent ban on ephedra.