David Beninger
Luvera Law Firm
David Beninger is a wrongful death, insurance bad faith and nursing home negligence trial lawyer with Luvera Law Firm in Seattle, Washington. J.D., University of Washington School of Law.
Meet David
"We hope this jury verdict is a wake-up call for the Omegas of the world to make sure safety first is more than just a slogan."
David M. Beninger is a Seattle, Washington trial lawyer at Luvera Law Firm who represents people in wrongful death, nursing home negligence, maritime injury and insurance bad faith cases. His firm bio says his work has produced more than 100 verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 million.
According to the firm, those results include the largest in Washington for wrongful death, nursing home negligence, maritime injury, bicycle accident and electrical brain injury cases, along with three of the five largest insurance bad faith outcomes in the state. His notable matters include claims arising from the Washington, D.C., sniper shootings, the Olympic pipeline explosion and two Anacortes refinery explosions.
Beninger and Patricia Anderson represented the family of Alan Justad in the 2019 Seattle crane collapse case, which ended in a $150 million King County jury verdict in March 2022 that included two families. He also represented the plaintiff in a Spokane County case against Nationwide Insurance that resulted in judgments exceeding $102 million.
Beninger earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and his Juris Doctor from the University of Washington. He is a member of the Damage Attorneys Round Table, the Inner Circle of Advocates and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and he was the Washington State Association for Justice’s 2017 Tom Chambers Trial Lawyer of the Year.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- University of Washington, B.A. in Economics
- University of Washington School of Law, J.D.
Practice Areas
- Damage Attorneys Round Table
- Inner Circle of Advocates
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Washington State Association for Justice, Amicus Committee
- Washington State Association for Justice, Judicial Selection Committee (Senior Member)
- International Justice Advocacy Africa (Faculty Member)
- Washington State Association for Justice Tom Chambers Trial Lawyer of the Year (2017)
- Best Lawyers in America (2024)
- Super Lawyers, Washington Law & Politics (selected in each annual edition)
- $150 Million Verdict: March 2022 King County jury verdict arising from the 2019 Seattle crane collapse, which included two families. Beninger and Patricia Anderson served as counsel to the family of victim Alan Justad.
- $103 Million in Judgments Against Nationwide: Spokane County jury returned a $27 million verdict and $47 million in punitive damages against Nationwide Insurance in an insurance bad faith case; judgments exceed $102 million. Beninger represented the plaintiff with George Ahrend and Patricia Anderson.
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