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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 03:20:51+00:00

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The Hannon Law Firm, LLC has significant expertise in prosecuting class actions for recovering damages for harm caused to large numbers of persons. The Firm has successfully certified, and taken to trial or settled environmental class actions in Missouri, Arizona, Colorado and Wisconsin.
In addition to the Firm’s extensive experience experience in environmental class actions the Firm is actively involved in consumer class actions around the country. For example, the Firm served as co-counsel in a successful class action for attorney malpractice for the failure to properly settle a class case for ERISA benefits for Coastal Mini-Mart station owners. In 2003, the Firm and its co-counsel achieved class action status for claims for automobile insurance benefits against State Farm. In March, 2016 the Court appointed Kevin Hannon to be a member of the executive committee in a multi-district class action involving two companies operating daily fantasy sports web sites, marketed to residents of Colorado and other states in a manner that violates state law.
Firestone v. Fanduel, Inc. and DraftKings, Inc, Civil Action No. 15-cv-02376-CMA-CBS. (D. Colo); transferred to In Re: Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation, Case No. 1:16-md-02677-GAO, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts (class action; status pending MDL) (class action for economic losses from daily fantasy sports participation).
State Farm Auto Mutual Ins. v. Rehyer, 266 P.3d 383 (Colo. 2011) (Amicus for Colorado Trial Lawyers Association in class action case).
Satsky et al. v. Paramount Communications, Inc., 7 F.3d 1464 (10th Cir. 1993) (Amicus for Colorado Trial Lawyers Association in class action case).
Satsky et al. v. Paramount Communications, Inc., 90-S-1561, (D. Colo.).
Stanley et al. v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Civil Action No. 15-cv-02113-MJW (D. Colo)transferred to In Re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel”Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, Case No. 3:15-md-02672-CRB, United States District Court, District of Northern California (class action for economic losses from defeat devices installed in diesel vehicles).
Wilks et al. v. Cyprus Miami et al., 2:94-cv-00275-JBM, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (class action; settlement resulting in distribution to the class).
The Hannon Law Firm, LLC represents individuals against product manufacturers for negligent design and manufacture. The Firm has successfully brought claims against the manufacturers of medical products, bicycles, food processors, and other products. For example, in 1996 the Firm successfully completed an action against General Motors, alleging defects in warnings related to and the design of the front passenger seat and seat restraint system of a 1992 Geo Prism. The Firm’s client had suffered catastrophic injuries including both brain and spinal cord injuries. General Motors settled the case just hours before a hearing to award sanctions for GM’s failure to produce critical documents. The settlement provided compensation for the lifetime needs and damages for the Firm’s client. The Firm has represented workers against chemical manufacturers for negligent warnings, instructions, and testing. The Firm has represented persons harmed by defective medical implants.
Our firm and our co-counsel successfully represented a client against a major U.S. automobile manufacturer alleging defects in warnings related to and the design of the front passenger seat restraint system. The vehicle had a two-point automatic seat belt with no passenger side airbag, and our client’s seat was reclined at the time of the accident. Our client had suffered catastrophic injuries including both brain and spinal cord injuries. The auto manufacturer required the amount of the settlement to be held confidential.
Our firm represented a client against a major U.S. medical device manufacturer for negligent manufacture and design of medical implants placed after spinal fusion. The implants both broke in our client’s back. Our evidence included inadequate finishing and alternative design and warnings. The manufacturer required the amount of the settlement to be held confidential.
The Firm also represents persons who have sustained brain and spinal cord injuries, whether from automobile accidents, falls, or other circumstances. Kevin Hannon has received special training in the mechanisms of injury, care and treatment, and special economic needs of spinal cord and head injured persons and has presented lectures in this specialized area.
We have represented restrained passengers in a variety of car and truck collisions, suffering brain and spinal injuries, other physical injuries and emotional injuries and economic loss.
We represented a retired gentleman who was dropped while being transported by medical transport personnel down stairs in his home. He suffered loss of consciousness, altered taste and smell, severe memory loss and depression.
The Hannon Law Firm, LLC’s clients include persons injured in automobile collisions and premises incidents, those injured by the negligence of doctors, and those suffering other physical and economic damage. As in example, in May, 2000, the Firm obtained a $535,000 judgment for an auto accident victim after rejecting the highest offer of $25,000 by the defendant’s insurer State Farm.
We annually represent numerous victims of automobile collisions, with any number of vehicles, from any angle of impact, under a variety of weather conditions. Injuries have included fractures, brain injuries, paralysis, cervical strain, severe scarring and others. We have successful received recovery for lost wages, medical expenses, loss of earning capacity, permanent disability, loss of enjoyment of life, pain and suffering and other serious impacts on our clients’ lives.
We successfully represented a woman who was physically and psychologically injured from an anhydrous ammonia spill. A tanker truck axle’s components had been mismatched. The axle split in two, cutting a hose which leaked thousands of gallons of ammonia in a toxic cloud. The cloud trapped our client in her home, and she eventually was yanked through a window to safety.
We represented a woman held captive by her boyfriend and severely beaten, who was taken to the boyfriend’s parents house by the boyfriend and his mother. Our client received brain damage and significant psychological trauma. The case resulted in a trust established to help her return to an active life.
Another area of the Firm’s practice is representing individuals and businesses against insurers for their failure to pay insurance benefits, or “bad faith.” The Firm has successfully tried and settled cases in which insurers have failed to pay automobile benefits, medical benefits, and liability coverage and when insurers have failed to defend their policyholders. Kevin Hannon has been qualified in Denver District Court as an expert to testify on insurance issues and has lectured on insurance law.
Bernhard v. Farmers Insurance – We received a verdict at trial for a woman who caused an accident who was subsequently sued. Farmers unreasonably failed to settle the claim against our client, resulting in a personal judgment against her. The case establishes appellate law that insurers could not make a late offer of policy limits and escape liability for their delay in settling. We were unsuccessful in convincing the Colorado Supreme Court that the insurance company should pay the attorney fees the insured has to spend to protect herself when an insurance company unreasonably fails to settle a case.
Montgomery v. St. Paul – We represented owners of a geodesic wood shake home damaged by a hail storm. The adjuster for St. Paul insurance did not properly inspect the damage and offered less than $10,000 for repairs. The case settled for $200,000 before trial.
The Firm has represented and continues to represent those who are victims of medical malpractice. The Firm has brought claims for inadequate disclosure of risks, nursing home falls, inadequate emergency care, careless surgical procedures, medication errors, and other medical negligence. In 2012, the Firm settled a wrongful death case in which it represented a child whose mother died during childbirth due to medication error. The Firm settled the claim for the child in 2011. In 2015, the Firm settled a medical malpractice case involving a severed common bile duct during surgery. Also in 2015, the Firm settled a medical malpractice case resulting in death due to a severed hepatic artery during surgery. The Firm currently represents several clients for injuries and complications sustained due to surgical errors.
Koldeway v. Schmidova, 2012 CV 1478, District Court of Larimer County, State of Colorado (medical malpractice case resulting in pre-trial settlement).
Meyer et al. v. Fluor Corp. et al., 220 S.W.3d 712 (Mo. 2007), Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District (medical monitoring claim upheld in class action).

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