July, 2015 – Jamie Boock settles motor vehicle claim in St. Charles County for $375,000.00. In this case Mr. Boock’s client suffered injury to her knee requiring an allograft procedure. Mr. Boock was able to obtain the defendant driver’s policy limits of $100,000.00 and then an additional $275,000.00 from his client’s underinsured motorist coverage despite the plaintiff making a good recovery from the procedure.
Jamie Boock is appointed to the Board of Governors for the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.
April, 2015 – Jamie Boock settles motor vehicle claim in St. Charles County for the defendant’s policy limits of $1,275,000.00. In this case Mr. Boock was able to settle this matter pre-suit in a conservative venue for the defendant’s policy limits which included an umbrella policy issued to the defendant’s parents.
On February 18, 2015, Matthew Rossiter moderated the Tenth Annual Fiduciary Litigation Seminar, and also presented The Annual Update on the Law.
On February 3, 2015, John P. Guletz joined Rossiter & Boock, LLC.
Zachary Pancoast settles a central Illinois medical malpractice case for $2,375,00.00.
January, 2015 – Jamie Boock was named a “Super Lawyer” in the area of personal injury for the year 2015. Mr. Boock was previously named a “Rising Star” in the area of personal injury for the past three years.
January, 2015 – Jamie Boock was elected Treasurer of the St. Louis County Bar Association for 2015.
December, 2014 – Jamie Boock settles assault and battery claim for $280,000.00. In this case Mr. Boock’s client was severely injured when she was struck with a glass by a patron at the bar and restaurant where she worked. Mr. Boock was able to successfully argue that the intentional act exclusion in the defendant’s homeowner policy did not apply to the facts of this case thereby allowing the case to be resolved. Mr. Boock was also able to negotiate a settlement with the client’s workers compensation insurer which allowed his client to continue to receive workers compensation benefits moving forward despite the settlement.
December, 2014 – Court of Appeals affirms Franklin County Medical Malpractice Award obtained by Jamie Boock. In this case, the Court of Appeals for the Eastern District of Missouri found in favor of Mr. Boock’s clients on all points after Patients First Healthcare in Franklin County, Missouri appealed a $525,000.00 jury verdict Mr. Boock obtained on behalf of his client in August, 2013. The Court of Appeals in a published opinion, Sherry Hueslkamp v. Patients First Healthcare, LLC, found that each of the defendant’s points on appeal lacked any merit and affirmed the jury’s verdict. This verdict is believed to be one of the first medical malpractice verdicts in Franklin County, a notoriously conservative venue.