Warren County Jury Awards $6,000 in Car Crash Case for Two Iowa Plaintiffs
A Warren County jury returned a $6,000 verdict for plaintiffs Jonna Audino and Trenton Shever following a motor vehicle collision, with Hannah Moreland and Dustin Mueller of Mueller Schmidt Mulholland and Cooling trying the case to verdict in April 2024.
What happened
A routine drive in Warren County, Iowa ended in a collision that put two people through months of injury claims and, ultimately, a civil jury trial. Jonna Audino and Trenton Shever sued Angela Miller over the crash, alleging her negligence caused their injuries. The case proceeded to trial before Judge Terry Rickers in the Warren County District Court.
The plaintiffs' team, Hannah Moreland and Dustin Mueller of Mueller Schmidt Mulholland and Cooling, PLLC, presented evidence of liability and damages to the jury. Defense counsel Mark Thomas and Rachel Morgan contested the claims on behalf of Miller.
After hearing testimony from both sides, the jury found in favor of Audino and Shever and awarded $6,000 in damages. The verdict was returned on April 25, 2024.
The case was reported in the Iowa State Bar Association's Civil Jury Verdict Reporter, which documents jury outcomes across Iowa's district courts. No appeal or post-trial reduction has been reported in the publicly available record.
Sources
This account is drawn from contemporaneous public reporting and the court record.