About Jeffrey Weikum
Jeffrey Scott Weikum has practiced personal injury law for nearly 30 years, representing injured clients across North Dakota and beyond. He focuses on traumatic brain injuries and industrial accidents, with much of his practice centered on representing injured oil field workers, including cases involving propane and gas explosions. His understanding of the engineering side of industrial accident litigation helps him identify the causes of mechanical and environmental failures. He is licensed in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota, and has obtained settlements and verdicts exceeding $1 billion for his clients, including a $1.2 billion verdict in 2020. He has been selected to the North Dakota Super Lawyers list for ten consecutive years, from 2013 to present.
Proven verdicts and settlements
In May 2022 a Williams County jury found that $5,012,500 would compensate Kyle Harris for injuries he suffered in a November 2011 explosion on a North Dakota oil rig operated by Oasis Petroleum, where he was working as an employee of Frontier Pressure Testing, LLC. The jury apportioned 15 percent of the fault to Oasis, 65 percent to Harris's employer, Frontier Pressure Testing, and 20 percent to Harris himself. Under North Dakota's several liability statute the district court reduced Oasis's obligation to a $751,800 principal judgment, then added prejudgment interest and costs for a total of $1,381,297.02. Oasis appealed only the costs award, arguing Harris was not a prevailing party because his own fault exceeded its 15 percent share, and the North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed the full judgment in 2024.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.