Richard C. Eymann
Proven VerdictsAbout Richard C. Eymann
Richard Eymann is a founding partner and lead litigator at the firm, with a legal career of nearly 45 years. His practice focuses on victims of catastrophic loss and vulnerable populations, including wildfire claims for homeowners and landowners and cases for minors abused in school systems and foster care programs. He is a past President of the Washington State Bar Association and the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, and was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the latter.
He earned his law degree from Gonzaga University in 1976 and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1968. Before law school he served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army and worked as a consumer investigator. He was President of Spokane's Bloomsday run in 1991 and was named Bloomsday Volunteer of the Year in 2011.
Proven verdicts and settlements
Delbert Hayward, 86, a mechanic, died in February 1995 after nearly a year at Valley Vista Care Center in St. Maries, Idaho, where his family said he was repeatedly given the antipsychotic drug Haldol to control him. After a three-week trial in May 2006, a Benewah County jury returned an $18 million punitive verdict. By November 2006 the case had resolved in a $3.5 million settlement, most of it paid by the home's insurers.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
