Christine Westberg Dorn - Omaha, NE

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, 2007

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 2004

Current Employment Position(s)

• Owner

Classes and Seminars

• What the Books Don’t Tell You: Frequently Overlooked Investigative Tactics in Litigation; CLM Workers’ Compensation and Retail, Restaurant and Hospitality Conference, May 19, 2022
  
• Workers' Compensation Trends; Cincinnati CPCU Society, May 12, 2022
  
• This Job is Making Me Anxious: Mental Health Workers’ Compensation Claims; CLM Workers’ Compensation and Retail, Restaurant and Hospitality Conference, May 14, 2022
  
• Leveraging Diversity - The Competitive Edge; CLM Midwest Conference, June 23, 2016

Representative Cases

• Cody Holman v. Headwaters, Inc., 2017
  • Citation: Christine successfully defended a denial of workers’ compensation benefits and Claimant was awarded nothing at trial.
• Gavin Cowan v. Iowa Steel & Wire, 2018
  • Citation: Christine successfully defended a denial of benefits and obtained a defense verdict whereby Claimant received no workers’ compensation benefits. Claimant appealed, and the defense verdict was upheld by the Commissioner on appeal.
• Brenda Moreno v. Cooperative Resources International, 2019
  • Citation: Claimant filed claims for two alleged injuries. Christine successfully defended against any further benefits owed on one injury and limited the award of benefits for the second injury, then pursued an appeal which further mitigated her client’s exposure by pressuring Claimant to settle, foreclosing Claimant’s entitlement to ongoing benefits and future medical care and saving her clients tens of thousands of dollars.
• Arionna Lawson v. Wendy’s, 2022
  • Citation: At trial, Christine successfully defended the denial of a psychological injury arising out of an event where Claimant’s co-workers made fun of her, allegedly causing her to experience mental anguish and nightmares.
• Brent Lange v. C.R. England, 2022
  • Citation: Claimant alleged that his worsening cardiac condition was related to his sedentary work as a truck driver, and his cardiologist agreed. Christine successfully defended the denial of the claim as unrelated to work. Claimant appealed, and after consideration of the parties’ appeal briefs, the denial was upheld on appeal.

Other Affiliations

• Nebraska Defense Council Association
• Iowa Bar Association
• Iowa Defense Counsel Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Claims and Litigation Management
• Nebraska State Bar Association