Evan Stephenson

Evan's practice focuses on insurance, product liability, and personal injury trials and appeals. In each of these areas, Evan has secured outstanding results.

Evan's achievements for his clients include:

• Century Surety Company v. ISA Construction, LLC et al. (Denver County District Court, Colorado, 2012), granting summary judgment in favor of Evan's client and holding that the client had no duty to defend or indemnify with respect to an ongoing construction-defect lawsuit.
• Allstate Insurance Company v. von Metzger, No. 10–cv–00863–PAB–CBS, 2011 WL 782831 (D. Colo. Feb. 28, 2011), granting summary judgment in favor of Evan's client based on an insurance policy's pollution and business exclusions.
• Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Salazar-Castro, No. 08–2110–CM, 2011 WL 1668966 (D. Kan. May 3, 2011), granting partial summary judgment to Evan's client and dismissing the opposing parties' affirmative defenses and their claims for underinsured motorist benefits. After a single day of trial, the defendants agreed to a stipulated judgment in Allstate's favor. Evan argued and won two key issues on the first day of trial that helped end the case in the client's favor.
• Cowan v. Stovall, 645 F.3d 815 (6th Cir. 2011), reversing the trial court's order dismissing the client's petition for habeas corpus.
• Medical Lien Management, Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co (Denver County District Court, Colorado 2011). In an order dismissing the claims against Evan's client, the court agreed that the opposing party had misinterpreted its own contract.
• Snyder v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co. et al. (El Paso County District Court, Colorado 2011). In this insurance bad faith action, the court dismissed all claims against Evan's client and ordered the plaintiff to pay all of the clients' attorneys fees and costs. Evan's client won the case on a motion to dismiss without incurring any discovery costs.
• On behalf of a major insurer, Evan wrote the winning argument in support of an appeal to the Missouri Court of Appeals on a point of insurance policy interpretation of nationwide importance. The same issue had been lost by another law firm in the trial court.
• Represented insurers in pursuing recovery from other carriers that refused to contribute their share to the defense or indemnity of their insureds.
• Obtained a dismissal with prejudice of all claims in a product liability action brought against a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Colorado state court. The plaintiffs walked away from the lawsuit and received nothing in settlement from Evan's client.
• Wrote a winning motion to dismiss all tort claims brought against a major truck maker in Colorado state court. The motion successfully argued that the economic loss doctrine barred the claiming party's tort claims.
• Wrote a winning motion to dismiss all claims, including product liability and warranty claims, against a major appliance maker in a property damage case in Colorado state court. The motion relied on Colorado's statutory requirement that an out-of-state plaintiff must post a cost bond before commencing a lawsuit. Evan's client was dismissed from the suit without incurring any discovery costs or paying anything in settlement. A co-defendant in the same action who had hired different counsel was entangled in the litigation for over two years.
• Tried to resolution a hearing on a contested municipal election in Colorado state court.
• In the final two days before trial, Evan obtained a complete dismissal of all charges brought against his pro bono client in a criminal traffic matter in Colorado state court.

Community Memberships Activities, and Honors
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
    Member of the Health Care Committee