Beck, Amsden & Stalpes, PLLC

$15.5M

Medical Malpractice, Birth Injury

A child suffered a severe injury at birth because of medical negligence and the medical providers’ failure to ensure appropriate precautions were taken during the birthing process.

$15M

Wrongful Death, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

In the largest verdict ever received in Gallatin County, the Rainbow Ranch Lodge and other defendants were ordered to pay $15,000,000 to the family of a man killed by carbon monoxide poisoning and his wife, who suffered extreme trauma and a brain injury.

$8.8M

Catastrophic Injury, Trucking Safety, Medical Examiner Negligence

Our client stopped to help a stranded semi on a winter night. Minutes later, a chain-reaction crash caused life-changing injuries. We proved that a certified medical examiner should never have cleared the truck driver to be on the road. A Gallatin County jury agreed. The jury assigned 51% of the fault to the medical examiner and 49% to the other drivers, while assigning no fault at all to the injured plaintiff, who had stopped to render aid as a Good Samaritan.

$8.2M

Product Liability, Negligence, Wrongful Death, Auto Accident

The jury returned a verdict, including punitive damages, against Les Schwab and others after re-tread tires were placed on the front axle of a heavy duty truck, causing the death of two innocent victims on the road.

$7M

Employee Insurance Lawsuit, Insurance Fraud, Minority Shareholder Litigation

Five major Montana hospitals reached a preliminary $7 million agreement to settle claims made by employees that the hospitals engaged in a kickback scheme in which the hospitals over-paid for health insurance. The Hospitals agreed to pay $6.9 million to employees to resolve the case.

$5.1M

Auto Accident, Pedestrian Accident

We recovered a large settlement on behalf of our client, whose pelvis was crushed when she was run over in a cross-walk on campus.