JSC Legal

$5.2M

Priest Abuse

DBSH attorney Chad Swanson announced the settlement of 26 priest abuse cases against the Archdiocese of Dubuque.

$5.8M

Financial Advisor Fraud, Securities Act Violation

FINRA Dispute Resolution Services ordered financial advisor Dana Vietor to pay $5,769,227.00 to 13 Independence area residents for violations of the Iowa Securities Act, fraud, and misrepresentation related to investments in a Texas Cancer Center. Matt Craft served as co-counsel.

$1M

Will Contest

David Dutton and Nate Schroeder settled a will contest case for two brothers disinherited under their father's will. The settlement, reached the weekend before trial, resulted in the clients receiving 75% of their father's estate, totaling over $1,000,000.

$1.6M

Car Accident, Wrongful Death

Represented three occupants of a vehicle involved in a catastrophic car crash when a vehicle crossed into their path on a divided four-lane highway, causing substantial injuries to the occupants, including the subsequent untimely death of one occupant six months later.

$3.1M

Will Contest, Intentional Interference with Inheritance

David Dutton and Nate Schroeder represented two brothers whose inheritance was increased from $200,000 to $3.1M after a will contest action. A jury found the 2004 Will and 2015 codicil invalid due to undue influence, and awarded $125,000 each for intentional interference. A settlement was then negotiated for the total $3.1M in assets from their mother's estate.

$600,000

Tortious Interference with Inheritance, Probate Litigation

Our Probate Litigation Attorneys represented an individual in a case where his mother made a new will only a few months before she died, leaving property previously intended for our client to his brother. The jury returned a verdict in favor of our client and awarded him $400,000 in loss of inheritance and $200,000 in punitive damages against his brother.