Kansas Civil Rights Law
<h2> <center> A.S. Vineyard Church of Overland Park d/b/a Vineyard Community Church,Vineyard USA, and Mark Warner </h2> </center>
Olathe, Kansas personal injury lawyers reprsented the Plaintiff on a sexual abuse case.<br> <br> In August 2021, A.S. filed a petition for damages and alleged that she was sexually abused as a child by Robert Bloom, her former youth pastor at Vineyard Church of Overland Park (VCOP). In addition to Bloom, A.S. named VCOP, Vineyard USA (VUSA), and Mark Warner as defendants in her claims of negligen... More...
$0 (06-28-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Boy S. </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas family law lawyers represent man and wife in an adoption case.<br> <br> "1. On or about December 17, 2023[,] Baby Boy [S.] was born in Wichita, Sedgwick [C]ounty[,] Kansas. <br> <br> "2. [R.S.] . . . is the natural mother of Baby Boy [S.]. [R.S.] has filed a consent to allow Baby Boy [S.] to be adopted. <br> <br> "3. In connection with the adoption proceeding, [R.S.] f... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Merrier A. Jackson Tartt v. Unified School District No. 475 </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on job discrimination and retaliation theories.<br> <br> Merrier A. Jackson Tartt is a Black woman with years of experience as an educator. She served for a time as principal of Junction City High School, which is part of the Unified School District No. 475 (the District) in the state of Kansas. After the District refused to ... More...
$0 (06-27-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Kenya Watkins v. Genesh, Inc., d/b/a Burger King </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> MoreLaw’s goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this case was tried who might be available to represent you.Call 83... More...
$0 (05-01-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Kimberley S. Younger </h2> </center>
Great Bend, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder.<br> <br> A jury convicted Kimberly S. Younger of one count of capital murder, one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, one count of solicitation to commit first-degree murder, and one count of theft. Although she did not personally kill anyone, her coconspirators all testified that she w... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Casinroyial Donje Caszarone Collins </h2> <center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping, and aggravated battery.<br> <br> Legal issue Can an untimely appeal be excused based on exceptions for insufficient advisement of appellate rights or ineffective counsel?<br> Headnote<br> <br> CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. APPELLATE JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS. The case addresses whet... More...
$0 (03-03-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Cathy L. Stroud v. Ozark National Life Insurance Co. and Stephen I. Guinn </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> Cathy L. Stroud sued Ozark National Life Insurance Company and its agent and manager Stephen Guinn for negligent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty after her husband, Alan Stroud, converted his term life insurance policy to a whole life policy that reduced the death benefit provided to her as the sole beneficiary<... More...
$0 (03-01-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Aaron Conard and Nicole Conard v. Neosho Drilling and Norman Houston </h2> <center>
Columbus, Kansas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a dispute between homeowners Aaron and Nichole Conard and Norman Houston. The Conards hired Houston to drill two water wells. After he was unable to complete the work, the Conards prevailed in a lawsuit they filed against Houston asserting claims for quiet title, breach of contract, negligence, and fraudulent misrepresentation.... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Cutis Rodina v. Alberto Castaneda, D.D.S. </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a dental malpractice claim.<br> <br> This is an action for dental malpractice. In a previous suit, Curtis Rodina sued Timothy T. Taylor, D.D.S., P.A.-the dental practice-and Sonya Cummings-an owner of the practice. He was awarded a default judgment for economic and noneconomic damages in the total amount of $285,000. Rodina th... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Matter of the Estate of James B. Lyons </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas real property lawyers represented the parties in a mortgage foreclosure action.<br> <br> Dispute over the disposition of surplus proceeds after a mortgage foreclosure. Parallel proceedings in civil court involving the foreclosure and in probate court involving the administration of the estate of the deceased homeowner, combined with various delays by the parties' attorneys, caused ... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. ROBERT E. MCINTOSH </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his convictions for disorderly conduct <br> and interference with law enforcement. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> McIntosh was charged with criminal threat, disorderly conduct, and interf... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. MARVIN WILLARD POULSON </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his jury conviction of one count of rape and one count of criminal restraint </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></b></b> <br> <br> After an incident in July 2019, the State charged Poulson with two counts of rape <br> under K.S.A. 2019 Su... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. JENNIFER L. DAILY </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing the district court's revocation of the probation and imposition of her underlying sentence </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On April 26, 2018, Jennifer Daily entered guilty pleas in two separ... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Donetta Raymond, et al. v. Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., et al. </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants for age discrimination.<br> <br> Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. adopted a reduction-in-force that led to 271 firings. Many of the fired employees brought suit, including a collective action against Spirit for age discrimination. To prevail on the collective action, the former employees needed to prove a pattern or pra... More...
$0 (01-07-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Interests of D.M.H. Jr., M.M.H., M.L.H., and D.M.H., Minor Children. </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.<br> </h2> <br> <br> Father has four minor children subject to this action: D.M.H. Jr., M.M.H., M.L.H. and D.M.H. (collectively, the children). The natural mother (Mother) of the children is not a party to this appeal, although she separately appealed from the termination of her paren... More...
$0 (11-27-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Interests of G.I. and R.I., Minor Children </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.<br> </h2><br> In June 2022, the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) received a report that a stranger found one-year-old R.I. wandering outside alone. DCF investigated the report and spoke to Mother and J.I. (Father) a few days after the incident. Mother and Father revea... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Calvin Wesley Rich </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Great Bend, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking relief from custody.<br> </h2><br> Calvin Wesley Rich, having been civilly committed as a sexually violent predator for 20 years, petitioned the district court for transitional release and requested appointment of an independent examiner. After an initial hearing, the district court denied Rich's request for an in... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Interests of M.C. and J.M. </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Olathe, Kansas family lawyer represented parents in a termination of parental rights action.<br> <h2><br> The State simultaneously filed separate child in need of care cases in November 2020 for M.C., then barely 2 years old, and J.M., then 10 months old, when Mother stabbed the children's father in their presence. The record indicates Father has chronically<br> <br> 2<br> <br> abused... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Ricky Dion Dunklin </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Manhattan, Kansas criminl defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated battery and misdemeanor domestic battery.<br> </h2><br> On August 21, 2019, the State charged Dunklin in Riley County case No. 19 CR 432 with aggravated battery and one count of aggravated domestic battery. Although Dunklin appeared before the district court on September 24, 2019, and October 19, 20... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> Peter J. Ritchey v. Billy Jo Lewis </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Topeka, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a title and ownership of real property.<br> </h2><br> <br> While living together as an engaged couple, Peter J. Ritchey and Billy Jo Lewis purchased a house and an adjacent, 40-acre property in separate transactions-Ritchey purchased the property and Lewis purchased the house. Lewis represented herself and Ritchey as the ... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> Brave Law Firm, LLC v. Truck Accident Lawyers Group, Inc., et al. </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an alleged violation of the Lanham Act and Kansas law in connection with certain advertisements for legal services.<br> <br> Brace agreed to dismiss the lawsuit if Pistrotnik produced proof that a large settlement touted in some of its advertisments actually occurred. <br> <br> Pistotnik produce the proof and dismissed th... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - ks)<h2> <center> In the Interest of A.B. </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas family law lawyer represented the father in a termination of parental rights action.<br> </h2><br> <br> A.B. was born in July 2022 and placed in the NICU. A few days later, the State filed a child in need of care petition. The petition alleged that Mother's parental rights to her other seven children and Father's parental rights to his two other children had been recently ... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> Maria Varnas v. Conner Thompson </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Maria Varnas sued Conner Thompson claiming he used excessive force when he shot and killed Brandon Lynch, age 27, in 2022.<br> <br> Following the tragic death of her son, Plaintiff Maria Varnas filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as Special Adminis... More...
$0 (11-05-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> Michael Anthony Allen v. Facebook, et la. </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant claiming to have been injured and/pr damaged by Facebook's operation.<br> <br> Michael Allen filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit<br> against Facebook and other social media entities alleging that, while incarcerated, he<br> is the target of some sort of “illegal A.I.†emitter tech... More...
$0 (11-04-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> T.D. and D.D. v. B.R. </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas family law lawyers represented father and grandparents in a grandparent visitation dispute.<br> <br> <br> B.R., the natural father (Father) of the minor child at the heart of this case, H.R., appeals from the district court's written order establishing a grandparent visitation plan. When the child's natural mother passed away, the district court awarded custody to Father rather... More...
$0 (10-25-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Isaiah J. Duckworth </h2> </center>
Lawrence, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual battery.<br> <br> Duckworth entered a no-contest plea to two counts of aggravated sexual battery in violation of K.S.A. 21-5505(b)(1), a severity level 5 person felony, for his conduct with a 16-year-old victim. At the plea hearing, the district court reviewed the plea advisory and plea agreement that... More...
$0 (10-25-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> Matthew Byrnes, M.C. v. St. Catherine Hospital, et al. </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas civil rights job discrimination lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> People get fired from their jobs for many reasons, or, sometimes, for no reason at all. And if the person's an at-will employee, that's just fine, the law says. Just fine, that is, as long as his employer didn't fire him for discriminatory or retaliatory reasons. Plaintiff Dr. Matthe... More...
$0 (09-06-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Interests of H.T. and C.T., Minor Children </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Leavenworth, Kansas family law lawyer represented the father.<br> </h2><br> <br> The natural father (Father) of C.T. and H.T. appeals the district court's decision to terminate his parental rights. Specifically, Father argues the evidence does not support the district court's finding of his unfitness. But viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, as we are required t... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Reynoldo Contreras-Avila </h2></center>
<h2><br> McPherson, Kansas aggravated assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> On January 27, 2020, the State charged Contreras-Avila with one count of aggravated assault in violation of K.S.A. 21-5412(b)(1), a level 7 person felony. The charges stemmed from an incident at a local business on January 10, 2020, when Contreras-Avila allegedly stopped and pointed ... More...
$0 (08-10-2024 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Michael Wayne Still </h2></center>
<h2><br> Dodge City, Kansas drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Charged with various drug-related crimes, Michael Wayne Still entered into a plea agreement with the State, part of which would result in the State recommending a departure from a prison sentence to probation-if Still complied with his bond conditions. Still agreed to plead no con... More...
$0 (09-06-2024 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Lee Lunsford, Jr. </h2></center>
<h2><br> Atchison, Kansas drug trafficking charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Lunsford was charged with several drug and traffic charges. After plea negotiations with the State, Lunsford pled guilty to one count of possession of methamphetamine, a severity level 5 drug felony. In exchange, the State dismissed all remaining charges. The parties told the cou... More...
$0 (09-06-2024 - KS)<h2><center> Tiffany Espinosa v. Todd W. Allen, et al. </h2></center
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> "Civil rights violations by government officials can occur in many situations, but police misconduct may be the most familiar. Concerns over excessive force by police have mounted in recent years. Excessive force violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids unreasonable searches and... More...
$0 (08-09-2024 - KS)<h2><center> Dana Breth v. Identity Group Holdings Corp. </h2></center
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil rights Americans With Disabilities lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <h2><br> <br> "At Identity Group, we've been creating and manufacturing interior signs for over 67 years. Founded in the 1950s, we spent decades perfecting our process and forming partnerships with some of the biggest brands in the industry; cementing ourselves as the largest interior sign manuf... More...
$1 (08-09-2024 - KS)<h2><center> Tara Davis v. City of Wichita, Kansas </h2></center
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a civil Rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> </h2><br> <br> The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-30-2024 - KS)<h2><center> Kaseem Stokes v. Churchill Container, LLC </h2></center
<h2><br> Kansas City, Missouri civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.<br> <h2><br> <br> "Churchill Container designs and produces rigid plastic cups and containers for clients who value branded package design as a marketing tool. Since 1980, we've been helping promote brands and increase revenue with programs designed to drive repeat business."<br> ... More...
$1 (07-30-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER D. KEMMERLY </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> cty, st criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant the right to self-representation </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On the evening of February 17, 2019, Justin Gaston got out of a white Cadillac in <br> the parking lot of a motel in Wichita. One of the ... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL JACOBSON </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing the denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jacobson pled guilty to one count of robbery, a severity level five, person felony, <br> for his cond... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. BECKY ANNE WILSON </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, arguing the probations for the two lower-level felonies could not be revoked because she had completed their shorter statutory terms. She also challenged the order to pay interest </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - KS)<h2><center> Hollis Ann Whitson v. The Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, et al. </h2></center>
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represents the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> heriff Thomas Hanna of Sedgwick County, Colorado, sexually assaulted an<br> intellectually disabled prisoner while transporting her between county jails. The<br> victim, Peatinna Biggs, filed this civil-rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by and<br> through h... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. BETH MERRILL </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, contending that the State of Kansas does not have territorial jurisdiction to prosecute this case. In addition, she contended that the district court erred in admitting certain evidence at trial relating to the issue of territorial jurisdiction. She also contended that the district c... More...
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