Stephen Muhonen | Pocatello Accident & Injury Lawyer

• Member, Idaho State Bar Association
• Vice President, 6th District Bar Association,
  2015 - Present
• Member, Idaho Trial Lawyers Association,
  2003 - Present

• Attorney of the Year, CASA
  2008
• Idaho State Police Officer of the Year, Veterans of Foreign Wars
  1999
• District 5 Officer of the Year, Idaho Department of Law Enforcement
  1997

Husband and wife were driving/riding on a motorcycle and were involved in a collision with a car; wife sustained fatal injuries. Through a series of additional very unfortunate events, not all of wife's medical bills were timely billed to her insurance company for payment. The at-fault driver of the car only had $50,000.00 in insurance to cover wife's damages. Wife's unpaid medical bills were approximately $90,000.00 and the insurance company that paid the bills that were timely submitted had a subrogated interest of approximately $50,000.00. Any recovery for wife's estate seemed dim. I was able to get the entire $90,000.00 written off and the $50,000.00 was compromised to $10,000.00. The wife's survivors were tearfully grateful for the recovery and compromises obtained. This result will forever be with me as a case where I made a big difference for my client.

Clients should look for and retain an attorney who they feel they can freely and openly communicate with on all aspects of their case. The case should be viewed and handled as a team; the process requires teamwork and candid communication, with all involved working together towards an understood and concerted goal.

Ever heard of the quip, "It's not what you know, but who you know." In many respects this rings true in the law as well. Because I have been a Pocatello Police Officer and an Idaho State Police Trooper, I have developed relationships within the field of law enforcement that have been extremely helpful to many of my personal injury cases. A lot of officers are wary of attorneys and are reluctant to speak freely to them. However, because of the relationships I have with these officers, many of them are willing to speak to me freely about their thoughts and insights of their cases or even cases they weren't involved in but may have expertise in. Knowing the people involved in the investigation of collisions has been extremely important to the success of many cases.