About Chase Murphy
Chase Murphy is a personal injury trial lawyer representing individuals and families in Nebraska and Iowa whose lives have been upended by serious accidents and injuries. His practice covers motor vehicle collisions, wrongful death, premises liability, workplace accidents, and insurance disputes. An Omaha native, Chase earned a degree in Creative Writing and English Literature from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and then his J.D. from Creighton University School of Law.
Before law school, he lived in Shanghai, China, where he taught Western Literature to university students and published poetry in international journals. In his first year as a licensed attorney, Chase recovered over one million dollars for his clients. He is a member of the Nebraska Bar Association and the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Rensch and Rensch
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The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed a $34,000 jury verdict for Terry W. Pitt, an Omaha chef who sustained a 20-to-25-percent permanent impairment to his body as a whole after a Checker Cab struck his vehicle while he was making a left turn near 22nd Street and Chandler Road in Bellevue.
The Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a post-verdict judgment for the defense and reinstated a $25,000 jury award for a patron beaten at an after-hours Ranch Bowl dance, holding that a venue with three fights per night cannot call a restroom attack unforeseeable.
The Nebraska Court of Appeals affirmed a three-judge panel's ruling that Gloria Montoya, a Tyson Foods worker, was permanently and totally disabled as a result of injuries sustained on the job, rejecting the company's appeal in full.
The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a permanent total disability award for a truck driver whose 2009 rollover on an Interstate 680 on-ramp in Omaha combined with pre-existing mental and cognitive impairments left him unable to compete in any regular branch of the labor market.
The Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a directed verdict for the defense in Mary Cohan's delayed breast-cancer diagnosis case, ordering a new trial against the radiology and OB/GYN providers responsible for misreading her 2009 mammogram.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
