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About Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas

Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas (DKOW) is a Salt Lake City plaintiffs' trial firm established in 1990 that represents injured people and bereaved families across Utah and the Intermountain West. The firm concentrates on medical malpractice, catastrophic and brain injury, wrongful death, product liability, aviation disasters, trucking and motor vehicle collisions, oil, gas and mining accidents, and insurance bad faith. Its lawyers have obtained several record Utah results, including a $36.7 million brain injury settlement, a $25 million wrongful death verdict, an $11.2 million medical malpractice verdict, and the state's first eight figure punitive damages award at $10.5 million in a product liability case. DKOW served as lead counsel for victims of the 2007 Crandall Canyon coal mine collapse and manages opioid litigation for 18 of Utah's 29 counties, recovering more than $60 million.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas

A girl of 14 was married to her 19-year-old cousin in a ceremony Warren Jeffs arranged and performed himself, over her objections, and then pressured to bear children. She sued Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 2005 under the initials MJ. Neither defended. On September 5, 2017 Judge Keith Kelly entered a $16,000,000 default judgment: $4,000,000 in damages and $12,000,000 in punitive damages. Jeffs is serving life plus 20 years in Texas.

Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake City UT · 2017Sexual AbuseRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Salt Lake City firms

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$52.2 Million Wrongful Death Verdict for the Family of Slain Polygamist Leader Rulon Allred
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$4 million · $5 Million Verdict After Family Ended Life Support on a Wrong Terminal Prognosis
Cutt Kendell & Olson
Cutt Kendell & Olson
$3 Million Settlement for Unarmed 13-Year-Old With Autism Shot by Salt Lake City Officer After 911 Call
Kesler & Rust
Kesler & Rust
$15.01 Million Verdict for Woman, 21, Who Died of Dehydration in Duchesne County Jail
Mortensen & Milne
Mortensen & Milne
$25 Million Verdict After 3-Year-Old Died in Corded Blind the Maker Could Have Fitted With a Tilt Wand

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Attorneys at Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas

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