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Holzer-Edwards
We are Idaho's Injury Lawyers. As Boise personal injury attorneys we help ordinary people every day.
Firm Overview
We view our job as helping Idahoans receive fair compensation for their injuries. Our goal is to be the best personal injury attorneys in Idaho. We are good at helping people and proud of our record. We have helped people recover millions in jury verdicts and millions in out of court settlements that they deserved for the losses they incurred.
Whether we help settle claims in a discussion with the insurance company or win an award after trial we have helped people move on after unfortunate injuries changed the course of their lives.
You will get a free initial legal consultation with us to help understand your case. We want you to understand how to decide whether and when to make a claim, hire a lawyer or pursue a lawsuit. A lawsuit or a lawyer may not be needed or right for you â it's definitely not the right path for everyone.
Our legal services are based on No Recovery / No Fee contingency agreements.
Your consultation is free and you will owe nothing for your attorney fees unless you win a monetary recovery.
You will find that as experienced Idaho personal injury attorneys, we are exclusively dedicated to protecting the rights of seriously injured people.
In our combined 40 years of practice, we've helped thousands of injured people recover the money they need to pay their medical bills, to support their families and to be fully compensated for their injuries.
Whether we help settle claims in a discussion with the insurance company or win an award after trial we have helped people move on after unfortunate injuries changed the course of their lives.
You will get a free initial legal consultation with us to help understand your case. We want you to understand how to decide whether and when to make a claim, hire a lawyer or pursue a lawsuit. A lawsuit or a lawyer may not be needed or right for you â it's definitely not the right path for everyone.
Our legal services are based on No Recovery / No Fee contingency agreements.
Your consultation is free and you will owe nothing for your attorney fees unless you win a monetary recovery.
You will find that as experienced Idaho personal injury attorneys, we are exclusively dedicated to protecting the rights of seriously injured people.
In our combined 40 years of practice, we've helped thousands of injured people recover the money they need to pay their medical bills, to support their families and to be fully compensated for their injuries.
Main Office
Main Office
1516 W. Hays
Boise
ID
83702
Phone
- (208) 386-9119
Auto Accident
Idaho's Injury lawyers are auto accident attorneys who help ordinary people.
Your claim for compensation for injuries following a car or truck crash is an important right. Good lawyers can make the difference between a minimum and maximum financial award for your loss. Here at the personal injury law firm of Holzer Edwards, Chartered, our legal team has more than forty (40) years of legal experience as injury attorneys. Whether in Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell or anywhere across the state you will find us to be quality lawyers for your herniated disc or other injuries. Your full and fair compensation is our number one goal.
We do not view the resolution of your claim as a "race." You get only one chance under Idaho law to fairly resolve your claim. If it is resolved prematurely or without adequate preparation, your financial recovery could be less than you deserve.
As Boise-based accident injury lawyers we provide a full and comprehensive legal analysis and bring our services that are aimed at fully addressing your legal needs to work for you. Among the many thing you will get help frpom us with after an accident injury crash, are
Assistance you through your treatment;
Helping coordinate your insurance benefits;
Assisting in ensuring your treatment, ambulance, hospitalization, physical therapy, homecare and other expenses are dealt with; and
Pursuing your full compensation from all applicable insurance coverage whether through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or litigation.
You will find that the legal issues arising around insurance coverage for car collisions and truck crashes can be extremely complex. Often, you will learn your own medical and auto insurance may be liable for expenses initially. Later, other drivers' and other parties' insurance coverage may apply. We can handle your full claim regardless of your injuries.
We have experience in a broad range of injuries,arzing from auto accidents including
Herniated discs and bulging discs
Back surgery
Whiplash
Quadriplegia, paraplegia and paralysis
Low back pain
Brain injuries, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), open head injuries and closed head injuries
Headaches, vision changes, emotional problems and cognitive issues
Shoulder and neck injuries and pain
Broken bones and leg, arm and knee breaks
Radiating pain
Chronic pain
Numbness, tingling and shooting pain
Soft tissue injuries, and injuries to connective tissue, tendons and muscles
We do not view the resolution of your claim as a "race." You get only one chance under Idaho law to fairly resolve your claim. If it is resolved prematurely or without adequate preparation, your financial recovery could be less than you deserve.
As Boise-based accident injury lawyers we provide a full and comprehensive legal analysis and bring our services that are aimed at fully addressing your legal needs to work for you. Among the many thing you will get help frpom us with after an accident injury crash, are
Assistance you through your treatment;
Helping coordinate your insurance benefits;
Assisting in ensuring your treatment, ambulance, hospitalization, physical therapy, homecare and other expenses are dealt with; and
Pursuing your full compensation from all applicable insurance coverage whether through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or litigation.
You will find that the legal issues arising around insurance coverage for car collisions and truck crashes can be extremely complex. Often, you will learn your own medical and auto insurance may be liable for expenses initially. Later, other drivers' and other parties' insurance coverage may apply. We can handle your full claim regardless of your injuries.
We have experience in a broad range of injuries,arzing from auto accidents including
Herniated discs and bulging discs
Back surgery
Whiplash
Quadriplegia, paraplegia and paralysis
Low back pain
Brain injuries, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), open head injuries and closed head injuries
Headaches, vision changes, emotional problems and cognitive issues
Shoulder and neck injuries and pain
Broken bones and leg, arm and knee breaks
Radiating pain
Chronic pain
Numbness, tingling and shooting pain
Soft tissue injuries, and injuries to connective tissue, tendons and muscles
How did your firm decide on the primary area of practice(s)?
We have dedicated our careers to helping injured people. It is our firm's reason for existing. Our firm only handles cases on behalf of children, individuals and families who have been wrongfully injured. We help people obtain compensation from the people and institutions responsible for those injuries. We do not and will not represent insurance companies, governmental organizations or large corporations.
We have been helping people secure money to pay for health care and other expenses after an accident.We are proud to say that since 1992 we've helped thousands of injured people, helping them recover the money they need to pay their medical bills, to support their families and to be fully compensated for their injuries. We limit our practice to personal injury law because we believe that we can do the best job possible by concentrating in one specialized area of the law.
As personal injury lawyers, we believe that helping people is one of the most important parts of our work.
Kurt Holzer
Kurt Holzer
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Kurt Holzer won the James J. May award as the 2011 Idaho Trial Lawyer of the Year. He is also a past President of the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association. In 2004 he joined with Caldwell native John Edwards to form the firm that became Holzerâ¦Edwards, Chartered.
Kurt Had spent the previous years as the chief Idaho trial lawyer of Murphy, Holzer & Vaughan, LLC, that was based in Madison, Wisconsin. Kurt began his Idaho legal career with the Boise office of Holland & Hart, LLP where he also focused on plaintiffsâ injury litigation.
As trial counsel, Kurt has obtained several jury verdicts in excess of one million dollars. A 1992 graduate of the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, Kurt was a William H. Leary Scholar and Executive Editor of the Utah Law Review. He clerked for the Honorable Judith M. Billings, Presiding Judge of the Utah Court of Appeals. He has litigated class action, dram shop, premises liability, products liability, insurance bad faith, Fair Labor Standards Act as well as many automobile cases. A graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Kurt has been a member of the Idaho State Bar since 1992 and a member of the Board of Directors of the ITLA since 1997. He currently serves as co-chair of its Governmental Relations committee. He is a former Idaho representative to the American Trial Lawyers Association. He has served multiple terms as a member of the Professional Conduct Board of the Idaho State Bar. Kurt worked with legislators and other groups to obtain passage of Idahoâs landmark Small Lawsuit Resolution Act. He has published a number of articles on trial preparation and litigation skills as well as a study on Idaho jury behavior. Kurt regularly presents on the prior yearâs changes in tort law to members of the 4th District Bar Association.
Kurt is a successful bicycle racer and 2-time Idaho State Criterium Champion. He runs the St. Lukeâs Sports Medicine Cycling Team and manages USACyclingâs local affiliate the Southwest Idaho Cycling Association. He serves as a member of the Board of SLSM/Lost River Cycling. Through the efforts as a board member, Kurt supports a wide variety of charitable efforts including The Idaho Foodbank, The Garden City Community Clinic, The Hidden Springs School, St. Alphonsus Life Flight, The Idaho Brain Injury Foundation, The Hidden Springs Community Farm and the White Knob Historical Preservation Society. Kurt served 2 terms as President of the Hidden Springs Town Association Town Council.
In addition to many automobile, premises and product liability cases, Kurt's personal litigation successes have included:
Phillips v. Erhart, 151 Idaho 100, 254 P .3d 1 (2011), 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. Total jury award was $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, 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, 148 Idaho 879, 231 P .3d 524 (2009). Kurt 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 Judgeâs 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 attorney fees based on a contingent fee contract. The case affirmed the District Court Judgeâs ruling.
Van Valkenburgh v. Citizens for Term Limits, 15 P. 3d 1129 Idaho (2000) In this pro bono case, Kurt argued in favor of and won a case protecting the right to vote and the freedom of speech of political candidates.
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.
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Kurt Had spent the previous years as the chief Idaho trial lawyer of Murphy, Holzer & Vaughan, LLC, that was based in Madison, Wisconsin. Kurt began his Idaho legal career with the Boise office of Holland & Hart, LLP where he also focused on plaintiffsâ injury litigation.
As trial counsel, Kurt has obtained several jury verdicts in excess of one million dollars. A 1992 graduate of the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, Kurt was a William H. Leary Scholar and Executive Editor of the Utah Law Review. He clerked for the Honorable Judith M. Billings, Presiding Judge of the Utah Court of Appeals. He has litigated class action, dram shop, premises liability, products liability, insurance bad faith, Fair Labor Standards Act as well as many automobile cases. A graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Kurt has been a member of the Idaho State Bar since 1992 and a member of the Board of Directors of the ITLA since 1997. He currently serves as co-chair of its Governmental Relations committee. He is a former Idaho representative to the American Trial Lawyers Association. He has served multiple terms as a member of the Professional Conduct Board of the Idaho State Bar. Kurt worked with legislators and other groups to obtain passage of Idahoâs landmark Small Lawsuit Resolution Act. He has published a number of articles on trial preparation and litigation skills as well as a study on Idaho jury behavior. Kurt regularly presents on the prior yearâs changes in tort law to members of the 4th District Bar Association.
Kurt is a successful bicycle racer and 2-time Idaho State Criterium Champion. He runs the St. Lukeâs Sports Medicine Cycling Team and manages USACyclingâs local affiliate the Southwest Idaho Cycling Association. He serves as a member of the Board of SLSM/Lost River Cycling. Through the efforts as a board member, Kurt supports a wide variety of charitable efforts including The Idaho Foodbank, The Garden City Community Clinic, The Hidden Springs School, St. Alphonsus Life Flight, The Idaho Brain Injury Foundation, The Hidden Springs Community Farm and the White Knob Historical Preservation Society. Kurt served 2 terms as President of the Hidden Springs Town Association Town Council.
In addition to many automobile, premises and product liability cases, Kurt's personal litigation successes have included:
Phillips v. Erhart, 151 Idaho 100, 254 P .3d 1 (2011), 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. Total jury award was $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, 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, 148 Idaho 879, 231 P .3d 524 (2009). Kurt 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 Judgeâs 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 attorney fees based on a contingent fee contract. The case affirmed the District Court Judgeâs ruling.
Van Valkenburgh v. Citizens for Term Limits, 15 P. 3d 1129 Idaho (2000) In this pro bono case, Kurt argued in favor of and won a case protecting the right to vote and the freedom of speech of political candidates.
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.
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License
- Bar Number: 4557
Idaho , 1992
Education
- University of Utah
Juris Doctorate , 1992
Honors: William H. Leary Scholar
Law Review: Member, Utah Law Review, 1990-1991,
Executive Editor, 1991 - 1992
- University of Utah
Juris Doctorate , 1992
Honors: William H. Leary Scholar
Law Review: Member, Utah Law Review, 1990-1991,
Executive Editor, 1991 - 1992
John T. Edwards
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A father of 3 boys in 1992, John Edwards founded our firm with Cliff Brown who grew up in Mountain Home. John's professional history gives hima unique view on the law.
His first job out of law school was working for a large law firm paid by insurance companies to represent those who had injured others. He learned a lot âon the insideâ of the insurance companiesâ law firmsâespecially about how they took advantage of ordinary injured Idahoans. It did not take many years for John to figure out that working for the insurance companies really was working for the bad guys. It is not his approach to the world or what he wanted to do.
Huge insurance companies with huge financial resources were taking advantage of regular Idahoans and frankly,it pissed him off.
John quit the big firm and started representing ordinary people against large institutions and insurance companies. SO for more than 20 years John has practiced personal injury litigation â almost all of them representing people like you.
In 2004, John joined forces with Kurt Holzer in the effort to protect regular people in claims against insurers.
John brings a unique set of skills and knowledge to the personal injury arena.
He uses his experience of working on the insurance company side to recover maximum value for the losses that our clientsâ endure.
For example, he understands what information is important as well as the importance of how it is presented to the insurance claims adjustors that allows them to justify the payments to the people to whom the adjustors answer.
Over the course of years, he has developed relationships founded on experience and trust with those whom he opposes.
John spent 13 years teaching law related courses at Boise State University and uses his teaching and persuasion skills to help adverse parties and companies develop a full understanding of the losses sustained by our clients.
John holds firm to the belief that the vast majority of claims, when properly presented result in resolution without forcing clients through the time commitment and uncertainties associated with trial.
John takes pride in working cases to fair results without unnecessary litigation. For the cases that cannot be resolved, John combines efforts with Kurt to jointly take cases through trial.
Johnâs background provides insight into his approach to helping our clients and resolving cases. He remains active in his community through memberships and participation in service and professional organizations.
He graduated from Vallivue High School in what was, then, rural Canyon County, Idaho.
John grew up working in a small, family-owned grocery store in Wilder, Idaho, learning valuable lessens about the importance of honesty, integrity, hard work and giving back to community.
He attended the University of Idaho, graduating after three years in 1984 with a Political Science degree.
John was involved in student government and also active in the Moscow community, coaching little league football and basketball, and serving on numerous other community projects.
John spent three years in Chicago working with a private foundation raising funds for such worthy causes as alcohol awareness education and menâs health issuesâtopics upon which he frequently lectured.
John attended the University Of San Diego School Of Law where he graduated in 1990 with honors.
Johnâs focus on individuals and their specific needs provide a unique approach to personal injury law and case resolution.
His first job out of law school was working for a large law firm paid by insurance companies to represent those who had injured others. He learned a lot âon the insideâ of the insurance companiesâ law firmsâespecially about how they took advantage of ordinary injured Idahoans. It did not take many years for John to figure out that working for the insurance companies really was working for the bad guys. It is not his approach to the world or what he wanted to do.
Huge insurance companies with huge financial resources were taking advantage of regular Idahoans and frankly,it pissed him off.
John quit the big firm and started representing ordinary people against large institutions and insurance companies. SO for more than 20 years John has practiced personal injury litigation â almost all of them representing people like you.
In 2004, John joined forces with Kurt Holzer in the effort to protect regular people in claims against insurers.
John brings a unique set of skills and knowledge to the personal injury arena.
He uses his experience of working on the insurance company side to recover maximum value for the losses that our clientsâ endure.
For example, he understands what information is important as well as the importance of how it is presented to the insurance claims adjustors that allows them to justify the payments to the people to whom the adjustors answer.
Over the course of years, he has developed relationships founded on experience and trust with those whom he opposes.
John spent 13 years teaching law related courses at Boise State University and uses his teaching and persuasion skills to help adverse parties and companies develop a full understanding of the losses sustained by our clients.
John holds firm to the belief that the vast majority of claims, when properly presented result in resolution without forcing clients through the time commitment and uncertainties associated with trial.
John takes pride in working cases to fair results without unnecessary litigation. For the cases that cannot be resolved, John combines efforts with Kurt to jointly take cases through trial.
Johnâs background provides insight into his approach to helping our clients and resolving cases. He remains active in his community through memberships and participation in service and professional organizations.
He graduated from Vallivue High School in what was, then, rural Canyon County, Idaho.
John grew up working in a small, family-owned grocery store in Wilder, Idaho, learning valuable lessens about the importance of honesty, integrity, hard work and giving back to community.
He attended the University of Idaho, graduating after three years in 1984 with a Political Science degree.
John was involved in student government and also active in the Moscow community, coaching little league football and basketball, and serving on numerous other community projects.
John spent three years in Chicago working with a private foundation raising funds for such worthy causes as alcohol awareness education and menâs health issuesâtopics upon which he frequently lectured.
John attended the University Of San Diego School Of Law where he graduated in 1990 with honors.
Johnâs focus on individuals and their specific needs provide a unique approach to personal injury law and case resolution.
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Articles Written
Idaho Personal Injury Law Basics
Created On: 07/27/2012
Personal injury law involves civil claims for damages in which a person is injured through the negligence, recklessness or other misconduct of a person, company or property owner.
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