Judge Westerfield has mediated and arbitrated hundreds of personal injury claims. A full-time JAMS panelist since 1992, Judge Westerfield is particularly effective in managing cases with high emotional content and complex insurance matters. Judge Westerfield has also dealt with cross-cultural issues.
Resolution Expertise
- Assault
- Closed head injuries
- Excessive force during police action
- Elder abuse
- Higway design
- Industrial accidents
- Jones Act Claim
- Maritime accidents
- Maritime accidents
- Medical and dental malpractice
- Mold exposure
- Premises liability
- Product liability
- Public property
- Toxic exposure
- Trepass
Representative Matters
- Cases involving burn injuries and disfigurement
- Death due to scalding on construction site
- Death due to toxic exposure on high seas
- Fatality due to dog mauling
- Industrial machinery product liability claim involving wrongful death
- Many cases involving losses of or permanent injury to children
- Medical malpractice claims involving wrongful death and permanent injury
- Multiple cases arising from death of elder person during care at nursing facilities
- Multiple wrongful death and permanent personal injuries arising out of boating and sailing accidents
- Numerous cases involving burns and permanent scars
- Numerous cases involving multiple severely injured parties in a single occurrence and limited insurance coverage
- Quadriplegia as result of sailing accident
- Rollover due to tire blow out