Catastrophic Injury

$39 Million Settlement A PRODUCT LIABILITY CASE INVOLVING CHILD WRONGFUL DEATH A child wrongful death claim and other personal injuries settled for $39 million.

Jackson County, MO $ 36.3 Million Verdict ANTHONY JONES VS RAND CONSTRUCTION AND LESTER PRUETT VS RAND CONSTRUCTION [cl_column_inner width="2/3" background_image="{}_-_json"] The attorneys at Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe recovered a $36,300,000 verdict on behalf of their clients, Anthony Jones [...]

Olathe, Kansas$ 18 Million Settlement JOHN WIXOM V. DEFFENBAUGH INDUSTRIES [cl_column_inner width="2/3" background_image="{}_-_json"] During a “pull-off” procedure, a method of unloading the trailer containing construction materials, Defendant Deffenbaugh Industries’ landfill employee defendant Holmes operated a 3-90C trash compactor to the [...]

$9 Million Confidential Settlement CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT No summary due to confidentiality clause.

Wyandotte County, KS $ 6 Million Settlement PARENTS SUE SURGERY CENTER FOR NEGLIGENCE A six-year-old little boy saw a dentist for a dental examination. The dentist recommended a tooth extraction and other dental work be performed under general anesthesia. At [...]

Johnson County, Kansas $1.50 Million Settlement A 20-year-old, drunk, male driver killed a 75-year-old woman when he was driving approximately 134 mph and ran a red light.

Boone County, MO $ 1.4 Million Settlement SWENSON VS CONFIDENTIAL CARE CENTER The plaintiff was a 26-year old resident of a mental health facility who sued after he was burned by bathtub water. The incident happened on May 29, 1996. [...]

Osage County,Missouri $1.25 Million Settlement Josh Becker recovered $1.25 million for Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe's client who was injured in a motor vehicle wreck where her husband was the driver. This quick recovery is already helping our client with [...]

Kansas$ 1 Million Settlement CONFIDENTIAL VERSUS CONFIDENTIAL We represented an employee and settled his lawsuit against his supervisor and the supervisor’s insurance company. The co-employee suffered second degree burns after his supervisor lit a hand held blow torch and started [...]