Results for Our Clients

In recoveries relating to a health insurer’s denial of medical expenses.

In recoveries to the victim of of a head on collision.

In recoveries relating to medical malpractice associated with prescription medication.

Jory Ruggiero acted as lead attorney on behalf of 57 landowners whose groundwater was contaminated in a case that resulted in a settlement against seven power companies that owned the Colstrip power plant.

Jory Ruggiero acted as lead attorney in a case that resulted in $9+ million in settlements against various polluters in a town in Eastern Montana.

Western Justice Associates represented 15 landowners in a case against the City of Bozeman and developers over pollution leaking from the landfill. The $7.5 million settlement also included an upgrade to the clean-up system for the pollutants in addition to the settlement amount.

In amounts paid and benefits conferred in a fully adjudicated class action where Western Justice Associates obtained injunctive relief for over 100,000 Montana citizens.

In recoveries relating to an insurer’s refusal to pay for clean-up costs associated with a gasoline spill on the Yellowstone River.

In recoveries relating to an insurer’s breach of its disability insurance policy and violations of Montana’s insurance bad faith statutes.

In recoveries to a civil engineering firm whose insurance company failed to provide coverage after an unforeseen incident caused damage to a project.

In recoveries for a client hurt when he was struck by a homemade firework.

In recoveries relating to a Montana business’ product liability claims.

In recoveries on behalf of 5 Montanans relating to defective products.

In recoveries relating to three victims of a near head-on car crash.

In a settlement against Exxon Mobil on behalf of 14 landowners after a 2011 pipeline rupture on the Yellowstone River.

In recoveries to a client that sustained a traumatic brain injury and other minor injuries in a T-bone collision.

In recoveries to a client that sustained facial disfigurement in a vehicle-on-pedestrian collision.

In recoveries relating to a vehicle/pedestrian collision in a parking lot.

In recoveries to a client that sustained a traumatic brain injury and other injuries in a collision.

In recoveries to the victim of a hit and run accident who was killed.

In recoveries to a client that sustained a broken pelvis after being struck by a construction vehicle.

In recoveries to a hotel group whose various insurers denied coverage for an incident at the hotels.

In settlement for a fatal car crash after the insurance company originally denied coverage.

In recoveries relating to injuries sustained by a professional who was struck by a vehicle while inside her office.

In recovery to a client whose insurer refused to cover the costs of significant water intrusion to a home.

In payouts from a health insurer in a class action to reimburse over 100 members for wrongfully denied bills, bad faith damages, and incentive and attorney fees.

In recoveries to a client that sustained a cracked vertebrae in a rollover collision.

In recoveries related to groundwater contamination to homes in Belgrade.

In recovery to a client who was injured while skiing as a result of improper bindings installed on the client’s skis.