Smolen & Roytman
Proven VerdictsAbout Smolen & Roytman
Smolen & Roytman is a plaintiffs' trial firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its practice is built on civil rights litigation, and in particular on cases arising from deaths and assaults of people held in Oklahoma county jails, alongside excessive force claims, employment discrimination, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, motor vehicle and semi-truck cases, insurance bad faith, products liability and class action work. Founding partner Daniel Smolen led the trial team that obtained a $10.25 million verdict against the Tulsa County Sheriff for the Estate of Elliott Williams, and the firm reached a $6 million settlement with the same office for the Estate of Eric Harris. Its lawyers have appeared in a long line of reported federal jail-conditions decisions in the Northern District of Oklahoma and the Tenth Circuit.
Proven verdicts and settlements won by Smolen & Roytman
Terral Ellis II, 26, walked into the Ottawa County Jail voluntarily on an outstanding warrant. He developed bronchopneumonia and spent twelve days asking for medical care for seizures, sweating and pain. Jail video captured staff and the jail nurse mocking him. He died of septic shock on October 22, 2015.
Elliott Earl Williams, 37, was arrested in Owasso on an obstruction complaint in October 2011. Shortly after booking at the Tulsa County Jail he suffered a severe neck injury that paralysed him from the chest down. He was left on the floor of a medical-unit cell, unable to move, for days, and died of complications of the untreated injury and dehydration.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
