Phillips v. Erhart, CV PI 0707453, Fourth District, Ada County. An unwitnessed fall down a stairway left plaintiff with a mild Traumatic Brain Injury.  Plaintiff had no memory of the fall or what caused it. Holzer Edwards obtained a total jury award of  $1,664,374.00 (economic damages- $546,174.00, non-economic damages-$562,000.00, and loss of consortium damages- $556,200.00).

Olson v. JB Sports Bar and Grill, CV-OC-9702549D, Fourth District, Ada County. A multiple death liquor liability case tried to verdict in 1999.  The case involved the wrongful death of an elderly couple and resulted in a $2.9 million dollar verdict against the defendant bikini bar and the defendant drunk driver. This is, by far, the largest dram shop verdict in Idaho history.

Gonzales v. Thacker, Docket No. 34534 (Id. Sup. Ct. 2009). Holzer Edwards obtained a ruling from the Idaho Supreme Court on Idaho Code section 12-120(4) that rejected the conclusions of an earlier Idaho Supreme Court case interpreting the statute in a way that unfairly protected insurance companies.  The case reversed the District Court Judge’s ruling.

Parsons v. Mutual of Enumclaw. Ins. Co., 143 Idaho 743, 152 P.3d 614 (2007).  Kurt obtained a ruling from the Idaho Supreme Court confirming that in cases against insurance companies for failure to timely pay benefits to their insureds, it is appropriate for the district court to award attorneys fees based on a contingent fee contract.  The case affirmed the District Court Judge’s ruling.

In re Phillips, WCB Case No. TP-96004, (Oregon 1998). Kurt served as counsel for the plaintiff in a dispute with the worker's compensation surety over a $7,767,344.00 verdict that the plaintiff had received in Phillips v. USA, 89-CV-1133-S-HLR (D. Idaho).

Busa v. Salmon Air, Fourth District Boise County Case No. CV-01-00067. Kurt helped plaintiffs recover for injuries incurred during the crash landing of a small commuter airplane operating under part 135 of the Code of Federal regulations.

Weyhrich v. Lance, Civ. No. 98-0117-S-BLW, (D. Idaho Oct. 12, 1999). This was a constitutional challenge to an Idaho statute that precluded certain medical procedures. Kurt was a member of the team that successfully challenged the statute's application.

Torres v. Gordon Trucking, 95-cv-00460-S-MHW (D. Idaho  1997).  Kurt served on the trial team that recovered 1.6 million in compensatory damages for the parents of an 18 year-old boy killed by the driver of the trucking company.  The jury also awarded a quarter million dollars in punitive damages because of the companies extreme deviation from reasonable safety standards