About Hoy Law
Hoy Law is a personal injury firm based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, representing accident victims across the state and in neighboring Minnesota and Iowa. The firm focuses on car, truck, and motorcycle accident cases as well as bad faith insurance claims, with more than 30 years in operation and over 150 years of combined attorney experience.
Proven verdicts and settlements won by Hoy Law
Ronald Jensen, 71, was left quadriplegic when an unbraked single-rail cart of plywood tipped in the wind while a Menards employee loaded his truck in Mitchell on August 1, 2012. He died of unrelated bladder cancer on January 31, 2013. A Davison County jury awarded his estate and his wife $2,295,971.97 in November 2016, and the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed in 2018.
William Owen sought care at the Indian Health Service hospital in Sisseton, South Dakota, in July 2001 for back and leg symptoms that proved to be cauda equina syndrome. After a two-day bench trial, Chief Judge Karen Schreier found the emergency physician negligent for failing to order imaging or a neurology referral on July 22, and entered judgment against the United States on July 31, 2009. The award was $300,000 for disability and disfigurement and $200,000 for pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
