ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>George P. Coughlin - Cases</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body,td,th { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000; } body { background-color: #CFD1D6; } --> </style> </style></head> <body> <table width="323" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top"><p><b>Moises Martinez and Electrotar Limitada v. Terex-RO Corporation</b><br /> Lead trial counsel for national crane manufacturer in Kansas product liability action involving serious injury to the crane operator and destruction of the crane. Defendant s verdict was obtained in a Kansas state court.</p> <p><b>Cathy Hardesty v. Tarmac Equipment Company, Inc., et al. </b><br /> Lead trial counsel for pollution control reseller in Arizona product liability action involving death of a equipment operator. Defendants verdict was obtained in an Arizona state court, which was affirmed on appeal.</p> <p><b>Mackie Clemens Fuel Co. v. Anderson, Byrd, Richeson, Flaherty & Henrichs.</b><br /> Lead trial counsel for energy company in legal malpractice action in Kansas against a law firm. Judgment for the energy company was obtained in a Kansas state court.</p> <p><b>Koss Construction Co. v. Caterpillar, Inc.</b><br /> Lead trial counsel for national equipment manufacturer in Kansas product liability action involving economic loss of vibratory roller by fire. Judgment for defendant was obtained in a Kansas state court, which was affirmed on appeal (960 P.2d 255).</p> <p><b>Donna Crews v. White Motor Corporation</b><br /> Lead trial counsel for national truck manufacturer in Missouri product liability action involving death of a truck driver. Defendant s verdict was obtained in a Missouri state court, which was affirmed on appeal (835 S.W.2d 426).</p> <p><b>Dwight Galda v. Parkhurst Manufacturing Co., et al.</b><br /> Lead trial counsel for Oklahoma gasoline container manufacturer in Arizona product liability action involving severe burns to a military serviceman. Judgment for defendant manufacturer was obtained in an Arizona federal court.</p> <p><b>Douglas Kinney v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.</b><br /> Trial counsel for national equipment manufacturer in Missouri product liability action involving serious injury to a lift truck operator. Defendant s verdict was obtained in a Missouri state court.</p> <p><b>Marsha Hedglin v. Stahl Specialty Co.</b><br /> Lead trial counsel for aluminum castings manufacturer in Missouri product liability action involving death of employee of manufacturer. Judgment for defendant manufacturer was obtained in a Missouri state court, which was affirmed on appeal (903 S.W.2d 922).</p> <p><b>Bill s Coal Co., Inc. v. Board of Public Utilities of Springfield, Missouri</b><br /> Lead trial counsel for coal company in Oklahoma breach-of-contract action against Missouri municipal utility. Injunction and $1 million judgment for coal company were obtained in an Oklahoma federal court, which was affirmed on appeal (682 F.2d 883; 887 F.2d 242).</p> <p><b>Associated Producers Co. v. City of Independence, Missouri</b><br /> Lead trial counsel for Oklahoma coal broker in Missouri breach-of-contract action against Missouri municipal utility. Injunction was obtained in a Missouri federal court (648 F. Supp. 1255; 665 F. Supp. 755). Case settled for an amount in excess of $4 million.</p> <p><b>Damon Canada v. Board of Central Missouri State University and Mark Thomas </b><br /> Lead trial counsel for regional state university and football coach in Missouri negligence action involving a student-athlete who broke his neck during a football practice. Judgment for defendants was obtained in a Missouri state court.</p> <p><b>Derek Forsberg v. Terex Cranes Wilmington, Inc. et al. </b><br /> Lead trial counsel for national crane manufacturer in Kansas product liability action involving serious injury to a crane operator. Case settled with American crane manufacturer paying nothing.</p> <p><b>Dennis Kuzmic v. Fastenal Company</b><br /> Lead trail counsel for national fastener company in Kansas negligence action involving serious injury to warehouse worker. Summary judgment in favor of defendant Fastenal was obtained in a Kansas state court.</p> <p><b>Alexandria Stimpson v. Maxium Crane Works, et al.</b><br /> Lead trial counsel for national crane leasing company in Missouri negligence action involving death of iron worker as a result of massive crane tip-over at power plant. Case was settled on terms favorable to the insurer for the crane leasing company.</p> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>