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Jackson by Jackson v. Wood, 11 Kan. App.2d 478 (1986)
- January 31, 2019
- Awards, Settlements & Verdicts
A landmark case applying the landlord/tenant act to impose duties upon landlords in tort actions for injuries to invitees of tenants....
Glenn v. Fleming, 247 Kan. 296 (1990)
- January 31, 2019
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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....
Harding v. K.C. Wall Products, Inc., 250 Kan. 655 (1992)
- January 31, 2019
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A case of first impression upholding the constitutionality of a statute of repose, specially designed for latent disease cases....
Cerretti v. Flint Hills REC, 251 Kan. 347 (1992)
- January 31, 2019
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Upholding a verdict for the death of a woman by electrocution where damages of over $1 million were awarded....
Sheila A. v. Whiteman, 259 Kan. 549 (1996)
- January 31, 2019
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The first case to overrule a district court on the award of attorney fees in either a class action or common fund case....
David’s Episcopal Church v. Westboro Baptist Church, 22 Kan. App.2d 537 (1998)
- January 31, 2019
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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....
Long v. Turk, 265 Kan. 855 (1998)
- January 31, 2019
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Establishing the liability of gun owners to exercise the highest degree of care (one of two such rulings in the United States....
Confidential Insurance Bad Faith Settlement
- January 31, 2019
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Against an insurance company for wrongful denial of coverage to its insured. As a result of its denial, the insured was personally exposed to damages in excess of $2.5 million dollars....
$500,000 Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death Settlement
- January 31, 2019
- Awards, Settlements & Verdicts
The maximum recoverable against a municipality under Kansas law) against a County ambulance service for improperly intubating our client who suffered progressive bradycardia and hypoxia and eventually death....
Confidential Property Damage Settlement
- January 31, 2019
- Awards, Settlements & Verdicts
Against an excavation contractor for their failure to properly close a manhole prior to an extremely heavy rain, allowing massive amounts of rainwater to enter the sanitary sewage system and causing system overload. More than 20 homeowners in the area had their homes infiltrated by raw sewage....