We previously wrote about our $1.2 million jury verdict in federal court in North Dakota on behalf of a physician who was terminated after he spoke out against his clinic’s discriminatory treatment of a colleague.  The Court has since ruled on both parties’ post-trial motions, and ultimately raised the award to $2.1 million.

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Dr. Robert Roswick worked as a family practice physician at Mid Dakota Clinic in Bismarck, North Dakota.  He felt that Mid Dakota’s CEO and Board of Directors were racially discriminating against an Indian-American colleague of his by pushing forward with termination without allowing the colleague the same due process rights afforded to other shareholders at the Clinic.

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We picked this case up just 3 weeks before trial.  It had an interesting procedural history: the district court judge originally dismissed the case on summary judgment and held that defendants won as a matter of law.  The plaintiff, John, appealed the case on his own – pro se – to the Minnesota Court of Appeals with the help of his wife, who is a practicing criminal defense attorney.  The Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment and held that a jury needed to determine fact disputes before either side won.  So it was sent back down to the district court for trial.  John retained us just 3 weeks before his trial date.

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We picked up an interesting case from another firm right before trial – the client, “Jenny,” and the lawyers who handled the case for her throughout most of litigation wanted us to try the case.  Jenny was suing Coldwell Banker Burnet and one of its real estate agents for breach of fiduciary duty and negligence.  We tried the case in front of a jury and got a full Plaintiff’s verdict on Monday – the jury answered every question in the affirmative for Jenny and gave her every dime that we requested.

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Last week, Madia Law secured a favorable jury verdict in a federal business litigation case involving allegations of trademark infringement. Madia Law’s client, Heimerl & Lammers, is a small Minneapolis personal injury firm.

In January 2014, California-based Mountain Marketing Group and Minnesota-based Krueger Law Firm sued Heimerl & Lammers, alleging that the law firm infringed on their trademark “1-800-INJURED” when it began using “612-INJURED” in the Twin Cities. MMG and Krueger were represented by the law firm Moss & Barnett.

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