Kansas Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
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State of Kansas v. Jason Todd
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder.
Jason Todd was accused of stabbing Trebeon Golson, age 25, in a bar in Old Town on October 4, 2022.... More...
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(09-22-2023 - KS)
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Leann Gentry v. Solco Healthcare U.S., LLC, et al.
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Kansas City, Kansas personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on product liability theories.
"Kansas product liability law is governed by the Kansas Product Liability Act (KPLA), which is found in Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.) Chapter 60, Article 33. The KPLA allows plaintiffs to bring product liability claims based on three theories: strict liability, neg... More...
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(01-22-2019 - KS)
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United States of America v. Four B. Corporation, d/b/a Balls Food Stores
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Kansas City, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the civil provisions of the Controlled Substance Act (CSA).
Four B. Corporation, doing business as Balls Food Stores, owns and operates retail pharmacies in the Kansas City metro area including Price Chopper Pharmacy located on East Santa Fe Street in Olathe, Kansas.
In passing the CSA, the U.... More...
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(09-19-2023 - KS)
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Amber Cox v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrimination theory.
"Job discrimination law is a set of laws that protect individuals from being discriminated against in the workplace on the basis of certain protected characteristics. These characteristics vary depending on the law, but they typically include race, color, religion, s... More...
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(09-12-2023 - KS)
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Stephanie Hines v. J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc.
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on job discrimination theories.
"Job discrimination law is a set of laws that protect individuals from being discriminated against in the workplace on the basis of certain protected characteristics. These characteristics vary depending on the law, but they typically include race, color, religion, sex... More...
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(09-12-2023 - KS)
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Brittany Yaple v. Jakel Trucking, LLC, et al.
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Kansas City, Kansas personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence theories.
On May 17, 2023, a jury rendered a verdict in favor of Plaintiff Brittany Yaple on negligence claims under Kansas law against Defendant Jakel Trucking, LLC. The Court entered judgment on the verdict on May 18, 2023 in the amount of $588,000.[1] Defend... More...
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(09-12-2023 - KS)
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Kevin R. Stewart v. United Parcel Service
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Kansas City, Kansan civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrimination theory.
Plaintiff Kevin Stewart brings this action against his employer, United Parcel Service, Inc., alleging claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for race discrimination, harassment and hostile work environment, and retaliation, as well as a claim under § ... More...
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(07-20-2023 - KS)
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Jason D. Squires v. UHG 1, LLC, et al.
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Wichita, Kansas consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a Fair Credit Report Act violation theory.
Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681, et seq.
"The Act (Title VI of the Consumer Credit Protection Act) protects information collected by consumer reporting agencies such as credit bureaus, medical information companies and tenant scree... More...
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(09-11-2023 - KS)
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United States of America v. David Carr and James Michael Poterbin
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with kidnapping, felony possession and use of a firearm and possession of drugs.
In February 2023, a federal jury found David Carr, 36, of Kansas City, and James Michael Poterbin, 47, of Edwardsville, guilty of kidnapping, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and discharging a firearm in connection with a dru... More...
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(07-14-2023 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. steven M. Manczuk
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Leavenworth, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual abuse and conspiring with with a fellow inmates to have two of his victims murdered.
Steven M. Manczuk, age 40, was accused of rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, sexual exploitation of a child, and solicitation to commit capital murder.
In July of 2011, Manczuk used a Skype account under the name... More...
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(07-21-2023 - KS)
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Miranda LaRue v. Social Security Administration
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Kansas City, Missouri social security disability lawyers represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.
See: https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/disability/... More...
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(07-19-2023 - KS)
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Cristle PLain v. Nichols Management, Inc. d/b/a McDonald's
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory (sexual harassment).
Plaintiff was formerly employed at a McDonald's franchise restaurant in Pittsburg, Kansas owned by Defendant. Plaintiff contends Defendant subjected her to employment discrimination on account of sex, including harassment in the form of a hostile work enviro... More...
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(07-19-2023 - KS)
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Debra Simpson v. Black & Veatch Corporation
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an age based job discrimination theory.
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(07-19-2023 - KS)
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United States of America v. David Carr and James Michael Poterbin
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Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and discharging a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime.
David Carr, age 36, from Kansas City, Kansas and James Poterbin, age 47, from Edwardsville, Illinois a man and tortured him in 2019 in Kansas City, Kansas.After beating, shooting, and... More...
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(07-19-2023 - KS)
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Paula Gulick v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
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Kansas City, Kansas insurance law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.
Plaintiff Paula Gulick filed this suit as a putative class action on behalf of herself and other customers alleging breach of contract and seeking a declaratory judgment against Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Doc. 3. State Farm moves ... More...
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(07-03-2023 - KS)
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Timothy Ohlde v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
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Topeka, Kansas employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on an E.R.I.S.A. wrongful failure to pay benefits.
he Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.
ERISA require... More...
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(07-10-2023 - KS)
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Jean-Louis Bruyere v. Pet-Ag, Inc.
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory.
Job discrimination based on age is illegal in the United States. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals who are 40 years of age or older in any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, promoti... More...
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(07-10-2023 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Thomas Cormier
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Lawrence, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with
with rape.
Thomas J. Cormier, age 22, was charged with rape.
The defendant and the woman shared a margarita, and they were talking for a little while before he grabbed her face and started kissing her, she said. She was OK with the kissing, and after a little while they both took their shirts off. H... More...
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(06-30-2023 - KS)
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United States of America v. Steven Spradley
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
Steven E. Spradley, 58, of Kansas City, Missouri, traveled from Jackson County, Missouri, to Osage County, Kansas, in July 2021 to have sex with whom he believed to be a 17-year-old girl he met online. Spradley was actually communicating with ... More...
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(06-12-2023 - KS)
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Miguel Coca et al. v. City of Dodge City, et al.
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Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on a Voting Rights Act violation theory.
Both Plaintiffs are Latino U.S. citizens of legal voting age who reside in Dodge City (the “City”). The Defendants are the City itself and members of the Dodge City Commission: E. Kent Smoll, who also serves as the City's Mayor; Michael Burns, the City's Vice-M... More...
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(06-12-2023 - KS)
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Palmer, et al. v. Fedex Ground Package System, Inc.
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Kansas, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a wrongful death negligence theory.
A hearing on the parties' Joint Motion To Approve Wrongful Death Settlement (Doc. #68) filed June 8, 2023 is scheduled for June 14, 2023. Earlier today, to give the parties notice as soon as possible, the Court overruled by text entry the Joint Motion To Conduct Heari... More...
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(06-12-2023 - KS)
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Johnell Walton v. Unified Government of Wyandotte Couonty / Kansas City, Kansas
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory claiming his was discriminated against because of his race.
Plaintiff was previously employed by the Board of Public Utilities (“BPU”), an administrative agency of Defendant Unified Government of Wyandotte County. Plaintiff claims that Defendant discriminated against him by ... More...
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(06-12-2023 - KS)
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United States of America v. Austin Schoemann
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with using guns, death threats and racial slurs to intimidate Black people and interfere with multiple federally-protected rights.
On July 27, 2022, Austin Schoemann, 30, of Wichita, brandished a firearm and used racial slurs in order to threaten two Black juveniles, Victims 1 and 2, while they were entering a QuikTrip... More...
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(05-30-2023 - KS)
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United States of America v. Marquis Williams
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Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with creating pornographic images of children.
In February 2023, Marquis Williams, 31, of Shawnee pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
According to court documents in May 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent information to the Shawnee Police Depart... More...
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(05-26-2023 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Jonathan Mark Gardner
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Lawrence, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant, charged with rape
Jonathan Gardner was charged with sexually assaulting a woman while on duty as a Lawrence Kansas Police Department officer on January 1, 2017.
Defendant picked up an underage woman in the early morning hour of New Year's day and ultimately delivered her to a house near 27th and Iowa Street, after stopp... More...
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(05-26-2023 - KS)
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Donald Coe, et al. v. Cross_Lines Retirement Center, Inc. and Young Management Corp.
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.
Each of the named Plaintiffs, two septuagenarians and one octogenarian, rent residential apartments in apartment complexes owned by Cross-Lines and operated by Young, Cross-Lines' property manager. Cross-Lines is a nonprofit corporation, with its miss... More...
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(05-18-2023 - KS)
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United States of America v. Noel Carias Marin, a/k/a Ruben Gonzalez Lopez
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.
Noel Carias Marin, 47, of Wichita was indicted on four counts of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of possession with intention to distribute methamphetamine. Marin has been known to also go by the name Ruben Gonzalez Lopez.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is investiga... More...
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(05-17-2023 - KS)
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United States of America v. Javyn F. Johnson
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with distribution of fentanyl which resulted in death in violation of 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C). ... More...
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(05-09-2023 - KS)
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Floyde Bledsoe v. Jeffeson County, Kansas
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Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that they violated his civil rights by knowingly charging him with a rape and murder when they knew that he did not commit the crimes.
Floyd Bledsoe was 20 when he was chanrged and convicted of killing 14-year-old Camille Afrmann in Oskaloosa, Kansas.
Floyd's brother, who actually raped and ki... More...
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(04-28-2023 - KS)
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United States of America v. Faith Naccarato
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing fentanyl from two hospitals where she worked.
Faith Naccarato, 42, of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of tampering with a consumer product and two counts of possession of fentanyl by deception and subterfuge.
According to court documents, between January 2020 and April 20... More...
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(03-30-2023 - KS)
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Elizabeth Dial v. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory under 42 U.S.C. 2000e.

Federal Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas
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(03-21-2023 - KS)
Brave Law Firm, LLC v. Truck Accident Lawyers Group, Inc.
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Wichita, Kansas intellectual property lawyer represented Plaintiff which sued defendant on a trademark infringement (Lanham Act) violation theory.

Federal Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas
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(03-21-2023 - KS)
United States of America v. Alec Ramirez
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stealing controlled substances from her employer.

Federal Courthouse - Kansas City, Kansas
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(03-13-2023 - KS)
James R. Lucas v. Dadson Manufacturing Corp.
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Kansas City, Kansas civil litigation pro se plaintiff, without a lawyer, sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory claiming $1,133,000 in damages.

Federal Courthouse - Kansas City, Kansas<... More...
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(02-14-2023 - KS)
State of Kansas v. John K. Ewing
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first degree murder.

Shawnee County Courthouse - Topeka, Kansas
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(02-23-2023 - KS)
Kyle R. Williams v. Social Security Administration
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Kansas City, Kansas social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seek review of the demand that he pay RIS taxes by HHS.

Federal Courthouse - Kansas City, Kansas
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(02-10-2023 - KS)
United States of America v. Bradley Wiley
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of child porn.

Federal Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas
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(02-08-2023 - KS)
State of Kansas v. Lori Mayfield
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Ellsworth, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult.
A jury sitting in Ellsworth County District Court convicted Defendant Lori Mayfield of one count of mistreatment of a dependent adult for using money belonging to her daughter Jessica for her own benefit by means of "false pretenses." Although the evidence showed that Mayfi... More...
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(03-12-2021 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Floyd Scott Bledsoe
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This is primarily a sufficiency of the evidence case. Defendant Floyd S. Bledsoe appeals his convictions for first-degree premeditated murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated indecent liberties. K.S.A. 21-3401(a); K.S.A. 21-3421; K.S.A. 21-3504. Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 22-3601(b)(1) (an appeal of a conviction for an off-grid crime receives review by this court).
Bledsoe cla... More...
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(02-01-2023 - KS)
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Jerry Ashenfelter, et al. v. Escott Aerial Spraying, LLC, et al.
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Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on negligence damage of property.
Five plaintiffs filed suit in state court against six defen... More...
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(01-30-2023 - KS)
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