Case Description - September 2011, Plaintiff was a special education student who was molested by her special education teacher. The plaintiff alleged the school district had knowledge of the teacher's prior sexual misconduct based on other complaints by other students and by write-ups in the teacher's file. Plaintiff also alleged the school district engaged in [...]
Case Description - Patricia McCleary was run over in a cross walk in Kansas City, Kansas by defendant Frentz. Patricia was retired and had no children or spouse, but was survived by her sister, plaintiff Wollman. Because both the plaintiff and defendant lived in Missouri, suit was brought in Jackson County. That proved hugely important [...]
On December 17th, Mrs. Edmond was stopped on a two lane road with her left hand turn signal on. Michael Palmer rear-ended my client going almost 60 mph, pushing her into an oncoming vehicle. Mrs. Edmond was cut out of the vehicle and life flighted to KU Hospital in Kansas City. Mable Edmond sustained a [...]
On June 15 at approximately 4:00 am, Lynn Seegmiller was driving a freightliner truck hauling grain. Two horses owned by Richard Cullum ran in front of the semi-truck. The plaintiff struck one horse, ran over the horse with the driver's side tires and was forced into the ditch, where the truck fell onto the passenger [...]
Farmers Insurance Company agreed to pay the $100,000 policy limits on case involving pre-existing injuries to the back. The plaintiff was injured in a wreck on February 21, 2009. Two month prior to the wreck the plaintiff had undergone back surgery to treat pressure on the spinal cord caused by bulging vertebrae. Her treating doctor, [...]
This equitable garnishment action arose after a judgment in a personal injury suit. On March 23, 2001, plaintiffs sued EZ Recovery and Charles Hensley in the Circuit Court of Greene County, Missouri for injuries resulting from a collision which injured Rodney Coen and killed his brother, Christopher Coen. Charles Hensley was operating the vehicle while [...]
Case Description - Plaintiff Robin Berhorst was sandwiched between a tow truck and another car in a three-vehicle collision. He settled his Clay County case against the other drivers for $890,000. Barbara Tucker was driving a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis South on U.S. 69 Highway in Clay County, Missouri. Tucker allegedly stopped in the middle [...]
