Representative Cases
The members of our firm have successfully represented clients in complex litigation of various types, including catastrophies, personal injury and wrongful death cases. A sampling of our work dealing with complex litigation and catastrophic accident and death, products liability, professional negligence, insurance bad faith, lender liability and insider trading includes:
Mitchell v. Igo Oil & Gas Services, Inc., Sixth Judicial District Court, Campbell County, Wyoming, Civil Action No. CV-24598 [Confidential Settlement] Catastrophic accident and/or death
Zukauckas v. Martinez, First Judicial District Court, Laramie County, Wyoming, Docket No. 161-747 [Confidential Settlement] Catastrophic accident and/or death
Birt v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., First Judicial District, Laramie County, Wyoming, Docket No. 158-150; [Lender Liability] representing Defendant; award of summary judgment to Defendant affirmed on appeal to the Wyoming Supreme Court at 75 P.3d 640 (2003).
Adkison, et al., v. Willis Shaw Express, Inc., et al., United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, Civil No. 97-CV-55-B [Confidential Settlement] Catastrophic accident and/or death
Pfister v. Mountain West Farm Bureau Insurance [Arbitration] Insurance Bad Faith
First National Bank of Wyoming, as Conservator for Hunter Jones, et al., v. Cheyenne Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc., P.C., et al., First Judicial District Court, State of Wyoming, Civil Action No. 140-285 [Confidential Settlement] Medical Malpractice
Vowles, et al., v. Wainoco Oil Corp., First Judicial District Court, Laramie County, Wyoming, Civil Action No. 131-121 [Confidential Settlement] Explosion and Burn
Albert Meyer v. Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club, United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, Civil No. 91-CV-272-J [Confidential Settlement] Catastrophic accident and/or death
Kerri Lynch, et al., v. Bishop Randall Hospital, et al., Ninth Judicial District Court, Fremont County, Wyoming, Civil Action No. 26093 [Confidential Settlement] Medical Malpractice
Safecard v. Halmos, First Judicial District, Laramie County, Wyoming, Docket 134, No. 192 – Insider Trading
Connolly v. Caterpillar Tractor, Seventh Judicial District, Natrona County, Wyoming, Civil No. 57769 – Wrongful Death / Products Liability
Sinclair Oil Corporation v. Republic Insurance Company, United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, Civil No. 91-CV-0262-J – Insurance Bad Faith
Sinclair Oil Corporation v. Royal Insurance Company, United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, Civil No. 91-CV-0262-J – Insurance Bad Faith
Representative Clients
In addition to representing individuals throughout the State of Wyoming, Speight, McCue & Crank has served as counsel for various businesses and organizations. Representative clients include U.S. Surgical Corporation, a division of TYCO International; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana; United Medical Center; Western Gas Resources; Fleischli Enterprises; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.; Wyoming Financial Group; Foundation Coal West, Inc.; Mitsubishi International Corporation; Kaiser & Company (bond underwriters).
Both Mr. Speight and Mr. McCue have been appointed Special Assistant Attorneys General to represent the State of Wyoming in school finance litigation.
Ratings and Special Memberships
Members of our firm have received specialized selection and listing in Martindale-Hubbell, receiving the highest rating (AV). In addition to this ranking by our peers, we have been invited to and received membership to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the Million-Dollar Advocates Forum, selection for the last ten (10) years as Best Trial Attorneys in America, along with appropriate designations in Who’s Who in American Law.