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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
About Scott Hoy
Scott G. Hoy is the owner of Hoy Law and a lifelong resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He earned his Bachelor of Science in 1981 and his Juris Doctor in 1984, both from the University of South Dakota. He was admitted to the South Dakota State Bar the same year.
Between 2008 and 2010, Scott completed extensive training to graduate from the Trial Lawyers College, the program run by Gerry Spence. He has nearly 40 years of trial experience, having litigated cases in state and federal courts with substantial appellate work before the South Dakota Supreme Court and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Scott is recognized by Super Lawyers and by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel as a member of the Nation's Top One Percent.
Proven verdicts and settlements
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.
