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Our Record of Success

At Hale, Skemp, attorneys have a long record of success in obtaining compensation for tort victims and those injured at work, in handling significant business and real estate transactions, and in assisting our clients and their families in the preservation and transfer of substantial estates.

Settlements and Verdicts

  • Jury verdict of $4,015,000 against ATV manufacturer for accident causing paraplegia (largest personal injury jury verdict in La Crosse County)
  • $1,100,000 settlement in wrongful death claim arising out of medical malpractice
  • $1,100,000 settlement of product liability claim for road crew member whose foot was crushed by a paving machine
  • $1,015,000 settlement involving single-vehicle rollover accident resulting in traumatic brain injury
  • $750,000 settlement of an admiralty claim arising from a barge accident on the Mississippi River
  • $675,000 settlement of product liability claim from an explosion at a chemical lab
  • $500,000 settlement of product liability claim for fire damage caused by a defective vulcanizing tire machine
  • $450,000 settlement for construction worker injured when roof trusses collapsed
  • $450,000 settlement of medical malpractice claim for failure to treat
  • $400,000 settlement of Minnesota wrongful death claim arising out of a motor vehicle accident (additional claims pending)
  • $310,000 settlement of slip and fall injury at a grocery store
  • $300,000 settlement of wrongful death claim arising out of farm tractor accident

Other litigation results

  • Successfully defended a claim of undue influence brought by family members concerning a $1,500,000 farm
  • Real estate dispute and partition action involving $1,000,000 parcel
  • Successfully recovered life insurance benefits and bad faith damages against a credit life insurer which had wrongfully refused to acknowledge that the insured under the policy had died
  • Successfully defended six individuals who were accused of breaching a non-competition covenant, and obtained a dismissal of the action which requested damages of $500,000
  • Handled the foreclosure action on a historic and premier hotel in the City of La Crosse
  • Established the law that a seriously injured young woman was entitled to recover both uninsured and underinsured motorist benefits from her parents’ auto insurer

Worker’s Compensation Claims

Our worker’s compensation attorneys have successfully prosecuted claims on behalf of injured workers for a wide variety of injuries, including many claims which have resulted in a finding of permanent total disability as well as claims for death benefits.

Business Transactions

  • Sale of multiple-unit apartment complexes located throughout the Mid-West having a value of $33,000,000
  • Merger of a national not-for-profit health facility with a physician clinic and multi-disciplinary hospital
  • International licensing and sale of $11,000,000 business
  • Sale of $8,000,000 transportation business
  • Intellectual property license and sale of $6,000,000 business
  • Sale of $4,200,000 manufacturing facility and business
  • Sale of $3,600,000 auto dealership
  • Sale of $7,000,000 computer software business

Estate Planning/Probate

Our estate planning attorneys have assisted many individuals and families in accomplishing their estate planning goals. These plans have included two estates having assets in excess of $25,000,000, a $20,000,000 estate, as well as two estates in the $10-11,000,000 range. These estate plans have sought to minimize tax consequences by utilizing family limited partnership agreements, generation skipping trusts, joint revocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, charitable trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, as well as business succession planning. Our attorneys have also probated many substantial estates, including an estate which created a public nature preserve and established a not-for-profit foundation which generates grants of $200,000 per year.