Category: Firm News

As Kari Friedman waited in traffic on Valley Center Spur Road just outside of Bozeman on a cloudy April afternoon, you have to believe she was thinking about Jay Gill… Read more

Close to 100 rural Montanans are taking on one of the largest corporations in the world Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court… Read more

Judge Vince Chhabria announced that he is not inclined to supplant the role of juries and allow a “scientific panel” to decide whether Roundup causes cancer. This decision is critical to protecting the constitutional right to a jury trial. We have handled claims involving Roundup and other hazardous products and the importance of this decision…

“Five major Montana hospitals have 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.” Read more

Gallatin County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to join a federal lawsuit with Cascade County against several pharmaceutical companies that produce opioid painkillers, alleging the companies downplayed the risks of serious addiction to the drugs… Read more

Five Montana hospitals are settling a lawsuit that accuses them of making a deal with a health insurer to inflate employee health coverage prices in return for $26 million split between the hospitals… Read more

The FDA has issued a warning that over 100 hand sanitizers on the market contain dangerous ingredients. Manufacturers cutting corners at the expense of consumer safety is nothing new. The attorneys at Beck, Amsden and Stalpes have recovered millions on behalf of Montanans injured by defective products. If you or a loved one has been…

Experts are critical in medical malpractice litigation. Without one, in most cases you can’t reach the jury. Therefore, you can expect defense counsel to make every effort to disqualify your expert. This article is intended to provide a checklist of sorts to make sure your experts (and the defendant’s experts) satisfy the applicable legal requirements…

In many cases, documents such as investigative reports, board meeting minutes and insurance claim notes reveal important facts about the incident that caused injury to your client. Many times, such documents are withheld on the basis of “work product” protection.  In Draggin’ y Cattle Co., Inc. v. Addink, Justice Rice noted that the law in…

A Butte woman suing a Butte psychiatrist for allegedly causing an irreversible movement disorder won the first step in her case Wednesday against the state…