Recent News and Case Results:

2016

Jury Verdict affirmed on appeal Janice Turner v. Kansas City Public Schools
Confidential Settlement for sexual harassment and retaliation in Kansas
Confidential Settlement for disability discrimination in Kansas

$1,500,000.00 Settlement for FLSA Overtime Collective/Class Action for lost overtime pay for Kansas City, Missouri Fire Department EMTs and Paramedics
Confidential Settlement for racial harassment in Kansas
Confidential Settlement for racial discrimination in Kansas
Confidential Settlement for sexual harassment and retaliation in Kansas
Confidential Settlement for age discrimination in Missouri
Jury Verdict affirmed on appeal Kurt Ellison v. O’Reilly Automotive Stores, Inc.

$2,200,000.00 Jury Verdict for disability discrimination case in Platte County, Missouri. Kurt Ellison v. O’Reilly Automotive Stores, Inc. LINK
$1,975,000.00 Settlement for FLSA Overtime Collective/Class Action for lost overtime pay for Kansas City, Missouri Fire Department EMTs and Paramedics
$1,045,057.59 Jury Verdict for disability discrimination case in Clay County, Missouri. Loyd Broyles v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. LINK
$87,500.00 Jury Verdict for employment retaliation case in Jackson County, Missouri. Janice Turner v. Kansas City Public Schools.
$67,000.00 Settlement for sexual harassment case in Jackson County, Missouri
$48,000.00 Settlement for slip and fall in Jackson County, Missouri
$46,500.00 Settlement for minor injured in auto accident in Missouri
Confidential Settlement for religious discrimination case in Kansas

$75,000.00 Settlement for female plaintiff injured in one-car accident
Confidential Settlement of Kansas Whistleblower Retaliation Case
$50,000.00 Settlement for male plaintiff wrist injuries from motorcycle accident
$45,000.00 Settlement for minor injured during auto accident
Summary Judgment denial in federal court sexual harassment and retaliation case allowing claims to proceed to trial in Springfield Missouri
Confidential Settlement of Race Discrimination Case

$205,000.00 Settlement for family of man who passed away during ambulance transport to hospital LINK(NIGRO)
Confidential Settlement of Sexual Harassment Case
$96,000.00 Settlement for male plaintiff injured in rear-end accident
$36,000 Default Judgment for two employees of nursing facility fired after complaints about fraud and illegal activity
Confidential Settlement of Sex Discrimination Case
Confidential Settlement of MHRA Disability Case

$50,000.00 Settlement for injuries in automobile accident in Missouri
$200,000.00 Settlement in Kansas wrongful death claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act
$109,000.00 Settlement for passengers of vehicle injured in rear-end accident

Appeal resulting in reversal of Summary Judgment by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals allowing plaintiff’s age discrimination claims to proceed to trial. Woods v. Boeing and Spirit Aerosystems
$95,000.00 Settlement for injuries in automobile accident in Missouri
$812,500.00 Settlement in Medical Malpractice case for woman injured during gastric surgery
$83,000.00 Settlement of Motorcycle Accident case in Kansas
Confidential Settlement in sexual assault cases against massage therapist

Confidential Settlement Co-counsel total disability workers compensation case
Settlement Breach of Contract Case involving termination of part-time professor
$100,000 Settlement for injuries in automobile accident in Missouri
$105,000.00 Settlement for injuries in a slip and fall at a hotel in Topeka, Kansas

Summary Judgment Denial in two cases alleging sex discrimination arising out of termination of employment in Kansas allowing the cases to proceed to trial
Confidential Settlement for family of four in trucking accident case who were rear-ended by semi tractor-trailer in Miami County, Kansas
Confidential Settlement in trash truck case in Missouri, for plaintiff run over by truck who suffered numerous disabling injuries including blindness

$550,000.00 Settlement for female plaintiff with fractured cervical vertebrae injured in automobile accident in Missouri
$160,000.00 Settlement in age discrimination case for former Air Traffic Controller who claimed age discrimination by the FAA

$170,000.00 Arbitration Award for Arab-American automobile salesman subjected to racially hostile work environment and terminated because of race discrimination