About David Drake
David Drake has focused his career on personal injury and workers' compensation law in Iowa since his 1977 bar admission. Over more than four decades of practice, he has lectured before Iowa attorney groups on trial evidence, workers' compensation terms, mediation, claim investigation, and expert witness handling. David served on the Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa Board of Governors from 1985 to 1996, chaired the Iowa State Bar Association's Legislative Committee for its Workers' Compensation Section from 2002 to 2003, and participated in the Iowa Association for Justice Workers' Compensation Core Group across two terms. He earned his J.D. and his B.A. in Political Science from Drake University in 1977 and 1974 respectively.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Lawyer, Lawyer, Dutton, Drake & Conklin, LLP
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An eastbound SUV drifted onto the shoulder of Iowa Highway 141 east of Sloan on November 22, 2014, overcorrected, and crossed into the westbound lane, hitting a pickup head on. Five people died, among them Myrna Malone, 70, who was riding beside her husband Larry. The at-fault driver carried too little liability coverage to pay for the losses, so Larry Malone, individually and as administrator of his wife's estate, sued the family's own underinsured motorist carrier, American Family Mutual Insurance Company, for breach of contract in Polk County. The jury's verdict form, filed September 21, 2017, valued the loss of spousal consortium at $1,300,000 and the loss of parental consortium at $250,000 for each of the couple's two adult children, $1,800,000 in all. No appeal followed.
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