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Attorney Rachel Stahle has been interviewed by numerous national and local media outlets about legislation that would limit families abilities to bring litigation against nursing homes who failed to protect its residents from contracting COVID. Rachel was interviewed by and quoted in the following stories: Associated Press – Nursing home protections limit families who…

Once again, Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe, makes Midwest Lawyers Weekly annual Top Verdict’s and Settlement’s list. This year the firm ranked $5 on the Top Settlements list for our $9 million, confidential settlement that involved a crash on Interstate 70. Congrats to Tim Dollar and Josh Becker on their hard work!

Attorney Rachel Stahle was recently on KMBC discussing how neglect and abuse in nursing homes during COVID 19 is going unreported. In fact, the number of calls to the Missouri Elder Abuse Hot Line have fallen by 6 percent. This is not surprising seeing as many family members have not been able to see…

KCUR did an amazing series on the lives lost to COVID 19. One of our client’s mother, Iola Mae, was beautifully commentated. Iola, a mother to nine, was one of the first people to die of coronavirus in Kansas at Riverbend Acute Post Rehabilitation. From KCUR: Iola Mae Herviey loved her nine children with…

Kansas City news station, FOX 4, did an incredible, in-depth piece on the abuse and neglect occurring at Garden Valley in the Northland. Our attorney, Rachel Stahle, a local nursing home litigation expert, was interviewed for the piece. In this heartbreaking story, we hear from a former nurse and several family members who outline…