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About Morgan Erickson
Morgan Erickson grew up on her family's farm in Gayville, South Dakota, and attended South Dakota State University, where she graduated from the Honors Program and completed a National Student Exchange semester at North Carolina State University with a 4.0 GPA. She earned her J.D. from the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law in 2020, where she was a member of the Moot Court Board and competed in four tournaments, reaching the finals in one. During law school she interned for the South Dakota Governor's Office. She received the 2024 Public Sector Rising Star Award and currently serves on the East River Legal Services Board and the Administrative Law Committee. She also coaches the USD Knudson School of Law Moot Court Board.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Russ Janklow Law
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On January 26, 1998, Julie and Erica Boomsma drove into a railroad flatcar blocking an elevator-service crossing in Wolsey, South Dakota, where the flashing lights were not working and the crossbuck understated the number of tracks. Julie broke her neck, right leg and right ankle and was left disabled; Erica had a cracked sinus, a concussion and a contusion. A jury awarded Julie and her husband $1,059,873.40 and Erica $21,781.88, and the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed.
A federal jury in Sioux Falls awarded $1 million to a patient whose doctor failed to diagnose a post-surgical site infection, ending a streak of roughly 20 consecutive defense verdicts in South Dakota medical malpractice cases.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
