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Kansas Dram Shop Liability After a Repeat Drunk Driving Crash

In Kansas, the drunk driver is still the main civil target, punitive damages may be in play, and the criminal DUI case matters - but the bar usually is not.

ARTICLE by Darrell Schoenfeld

Your partner is laid up, the stairwell was dark, and three insurers are playing dumb

A Wichita fast food worker got hurt in an apartment stair fall, and now the landlord, property manager, and insurance carriers are all passing the blame around.

ARTICLE by Marcus Lane

Two years disappears fast when depression takes over after a KCK crash

A Kansas City, Kansas caretaker is running out of time after a crash, dealing with depression after a spinal injury, lost income, and a dashcam video the other side won't hand over.

ARTICLE by Hector Ramirez

My manager says the payout is solid, my aunt says it's a trap, and somebody's lying

A crushed-foot claim in Kansas can be worth a lot more than a neat-looking payout plan, especially when the insurer starts blaming your mental health instead of the injury.

ARTICLE by Dale Engelbrecht

Second bus fire injury in Kansas City and the hospital lien is taking almost everything

A Kansas City, Kansas bus driver with burn injuries after a rear-end crash and vehicle fire can wreck the claim fast by talking loosely, settling early, or ignoring a hospital lien that keeps growing.

ARTICLE by Darrell Schoenfeld

my sister was driving, my kid is terrified to ride now, and $25,000 won't touch this

A Wichita passenger with serious crash trauma can end up chasing multiple policies fast when the at-fault driver only carried Kansas minimum limits.

ARTICLE by Janet Friesen

Can't pay a lawyer after a ladder collapse in Kansas City, Kansas - are you stuck?

A store employee in KCK fell when a bad ladder collapsed, got brushed out of the ER, and now has to fight the usual "if you were discharged, you must be fine" garbage.

ARTICLE by Janet Friesen

Olathe dog bite blame games can gut your payout fast

A dog owner's insurance company can absolutely try to dump a huge chunk of the blame on you, but in Kansas that does not automatically wipe out a dog bite claim or mean you should settle before treatment is clear.

ARTICLE by Brenda Holloway

distribution of wrongful death proceeds

Who gets the money if a wrongful death case succeeds, and how is it divided? The answer is the distribution of wrongful death proceeds: the process of paying out money...

Got hurt working cattle in Overland Park and now your boss cut your hours? That can blow up on them

A ranch hand in Johnson County can end up in a workers comp fight, an evidence fight, and a retaliation fight all at once after a surgery-level shoulder injury.

ARTICLE by Hector Ramirez

statute of limitations for wrongful death

Like a mile marker counting down on a long stretch of highway, the law gives families only so much time to act after a death caused by someone else's carelessness or...

personal representative

A personal representative is the person authorized to handle a deceased person's legal and financial affairs. "Authorized" matters because this person usually gets authority...

The city deadline can wreck your elbow case before you even know it

The big mistakes after a repetitive-use elbow injury on a Wichita public job are usually notice mistakes, paperwork mistakes, and saying the wrong thing too early.

ARTICLE by Marcus Lane

Your Olathe motorcycle brain injury case feels stuck - yes, you can switch lawyers midstream

You can fire your lawyer and hire a new one in Kansas, but the old fee agreement, the case file, and any fight over who gets paid can turn messy fast.

ARTICLE by Tanya Brooks

loss of consortium

It can raise or reduce the dollar value of a case because it pays for harm to a close family relationship, not just the injured person's medical bills or lost wages....

wrongful death action

Money, deadlines, and who gets paid are where bad advice causes real damage. A wrongful death action is the civil lawsuit certain surviving family members can bring when...

transferable skills analysis

Insurance companies and defense lawyers lean on this as a neat way to say, "You can still work somewhere." They use it to take a person with real limits - chronic pain, a brain...

failure to signal

Not using a required turn signal before turning, changing lanes, or moving from a parked position. "Required" matters because drivers are not expected to signal every twitch of...

That tiny LLC on the paperwork may be the whole game

When an assisted living medication error sends your parent to the hospital, the low offer and endless delays often have a lot to do with how the facility is set up on paper.

ARTICLE by Kyle Unruh

hedonic damages

50 percent is a hard line in Kansas: if an injured person is 50 percent or more at fault, they recover nothing under the state's modified comparative fault rule. That matters...