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Here are some of the representative cased handled by Palmer, Leatherman, White & Dalton LLP.
- LaShure v. Felts, 40 Kan. App. 2d 1001, 197 P.3d 885 (2008), holding that jury instructions in medical malpractice cases should be fair and uniform.
- Long v. TurkDavid's Episcopal Church v. Westboro Baptist Church, 22 Kan. App.2d 537 (1998), review denied by the Kansas Supreme Court, certiorari denied by the United States Supreme Court, establishing for the first time anywhere the rights of privacy of worship as a governmental interest and holding those who would interfere to the standards of a mixed audience.
- Sheila A. v. Whiteman, 259 Kan. 549 (1996), the first case to overrule a district court on the award of attorney fees in either a class action or common fund case.
- Cerretti v. Flint Hills REC, 251 Kan. 347 (1992), upholding a verdict for the death of a woman by electrocution where damages of over $1 million were awarded.
- Harding v. K.C. Wall Products, Inc., 250 Kan. 655 (1992), a case of first impression upholding the constitutionality of a statute of repose, specially designed for latent disease cases.
- Glenn v. Fleming, 247 Kan. 296 (1990), a case overruling precedent that was less than one year old regarding the subject matter of settlements in association with bad faith claims against insurers.
- Kansas Malpractice Victims v. Bell, 243 Kan. 333 (1988), one of a team of three lawyers in the case that declared unconstitutional various statutory medical malpractice tort reforms.
- Jackson by Jackson v. Wood, 11 Kan. App.2d 478 (1986), a landmark case applying the landlord/tenant act to impose duties upon landlords in tort actions for injuries to invitees of tenants.
- Carpenter v. Johnson, 231 Kan. 783 (1982), a case applying the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices to roadway defect claims under the Kansas Tort Claims Act.
- Flax v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 226 Kan. 1 (1979), a case overruling prior precedent and removing immunity from the Kansas Turnpike Authority on state constitutional grounds.
- Smith v. Union Pacific, 222 Kan. 303 (1977), a case overruling prior precedent regarding passenger look-out duties at a railroad crossing.
- Bell v. Kent Brown Chevrolet, 1 Kan. App.2d 131 (1977), the first appellate case involving the Kansas Consumer Protection Act.