Kansas Health Care Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Calvin Johnson </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Calvin Johnson charged with forcing and coercing minors to commit sexual acts with adults in exchange for money. Calvin Johnson, 31, of Kansas City, Missouri, was found guilty on: • two counts of sex trafficking accomplished by force, fraud, or coercion, • two counts of sex trafficking of a child; and • two count... More...
$ (09-18-2026 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Matthew Waits </h2> </center>
Topeka, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of federal government money. Matthew Waits, 41, of Topeka previously worked for the PBPN as manager and program director of the Diabetes Prevention Program. In January 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) / Indian Health Service awarded federal grants and assistance to the tribe. Waits ... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - KS)State of Kansas v. Edward Oathout
St. Francis, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two felonies.<br> <br> At a combined sentencing hearing for both cases in April 2024, the parties agreed Oathout's criminal history placed him in category C. Oathout's lawyer made an emphatic argument that Oathout had continuing substance abuse problems and inpatient treatment options were available with follow-up ... More...
$0 (07-19-2025 - KS)In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Boy S.
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)State of Kansas v. Jordan Kristopher Yardley
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse.<br> After the district court revoked Jordan Kristopher Yardley's probation, he moved to withdraw his plea. Yardley alleged his mental health impaired his ability to enter his plea; he lacked sufficient time to review the plea agreement; plea counsel had failed to introduce exonerating evidence and had fai... More...
$0 (03-08-2025 - KS)Ricky Koel v. Citizens Medical Center, Inc., et al.
Kansaas City, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claims.<br> <br> Ricky Koel sought emergency care and treatment at Citizens Medical Center, Inc., a hospital in Colby, Kansas, after sustaining serious injuries to his right eye. Citizens evaluated Mr. Koel and eventually released him with medication and<br> instructions to see an ophthalmologist the fol... More...
$0 (02-24-2025 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. GABRIAELLE AKIN </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with claiming the district court abused its discretion. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The facts of this case are well known to the parties and will only be briefly stated. <br> In March 2022, Akin se... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)Kolette Smith v. Brian Williams, Labetter County Medical Center, d/b/a Labette Health
Wichita, Kansas employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> This case stems from the termination of the independent contractor<br> relationship between Plaintiff-Appellant, Dr. Kolette Smith, and Defendants-<br> Appellees, Brian Williams and Labette County Medical Center ("Labette Healthâ€)<br> (collectively "Defendantsâ€). Dr. Smith appeals from the district court's grant ... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - KS)In the Interests of D.M.H. Jr., M.M.H., M.L.H., and D.M.H., Minor Children.
<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)In the Interests of G.I. and R.I., Minor Children
<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)In the Interests of M.C. and J.M.
<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)In the Interest of A.B.
<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)Juan Manuel Aguilar, et al. v. Suegundo A. Aponte Caceda, et al.
Dodge City, Kansas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants.<br> <br> On August 11, 2020, KDOT offered to pay the Apontes $63,605 to establish a right-of-way on property they owned along Highway 50 near Dodge City and to reimburse for damages that would occur during an impending highway expansion. The Apontes ultimately accepted the offer and signed a contract of ... More...
$0 (10-25-2024 - KS)T.D. and D.D. v. B.R.
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)State of Kansas v. Timothy James Eugene Kittle
McPherson, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually molesting a child.<br> <br> Kittle and his wife Jayne have two children-their daughter Emma and her older brother Sam. (The names are pseudonyms we have substituted to protect the children's privacy.) Kittle and Jayne separated without divorcing, and she moved to Massachusetts with the children. Jayne encount... More...
$0 (10-25-2024 - KS)Matthew Byrnes, M.C. v. St. Catherine Hospital, et al.
<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)State of Kansas v. Reynoldo Contreras-Avila
<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)State of Kansas v. Lee Lunsford, Jr.
<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)State of Kansas v. Zachary Christian Arnold
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas involuntary manslaughter criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> In October 2019, Kansas City police officers were dispatched to a house based on a report that Chris Arnold, the defendant's father, had been shot and killed during an argument between the two men. (This opinion uses Zachary's and Chris' first names for purposes of clarity.) ... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - KS)In the Matter of the Marriage of S.P, and R.P.
<h2><br> Dodge City, Kansas family law lawyers represented the plaintiff and defendant in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> Modern divorce courts spring from the old courts of equity where the judges were guided by one principle: try to do what is right and fair under the circumstances. Modern divorce courts, awarding custody and dividing debts and property between two sparring marriage partners, stil... More...
$0 (08-22-2024 - KS)Tiffany Espinosa v. Todd W. Allen, et al. </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)Dana Breth v. Identity Group Holdings Corp. </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)Hollis Ann Whitson v. The Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, et al.
<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)Kimberly Leonard v. The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who used on a premises liability negligence theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> Premises liability law requires property owners and lessees to make their grounds reasonably safe for visitors. If a hidden hazard exists on the property, the property owner must take care to discover and remedy the situation, either by removing the haza... More...
$1 (06-26-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. BETH MERRILL </h1>
<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...
$0 (06-22-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two sex crime charges </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles <br> Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The State appe... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - KS)<h1> MARQUISE JOHNSON v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, LLC, FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA, S.P.A., and BERETTA U.S.A. CORP. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka Kansas civil defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with product defect lawsuit against a gun seller </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Shortly after turning 21, Andre Lewis went to the Bass Pro Outdoor World in <br> Olathe, Kansas, and bought a Be... More...
$0 (05-03-2024 - KS)Ana Galvan-Gomez v. Signature Landscape, LLC
</center><font color="red"><h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> This case was filed in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, 23-CV-30042, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> 42 U.S.C. 12101 provides:<br> <br> The Congress ... More...
$1 (06-10-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. BERNARD L. SMITH </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree felony murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, <br> and battery </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> On July 2, 2020, Candi Morris arrived at the Wichita Police Department to report <br> a potential ... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with d two sex crime charges </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> The State appeals their dismissal </h2></center><br> <br> A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles <br> Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The Sta... More...
$0 (04-27-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARITY BLACKMON </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with challenging the district court's denial of her presentence motion to withdraw her plea and her motion for a durational or dispositional <br> sentencing departure. .</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> The State charged Blackmon on March 30, 2... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS State Attorneys represented the State with a statute of limitations claim,.</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles <br> Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The State appeals their dismissal. In 2022, <br> the State charged Bo... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARITY BLACKMON </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree, premeditated murder and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> The State charged Blackmon on March 30, 2021, with first-degree, premeditated <br> murder and crimina... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. EFE CLINTON OSAGHAE </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery.</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> <br> Efe Osaghae timely appeals, seeking relief from his 68-month term <br> of imprisonment. </h2></center><br> <br> <br> In January 2020, the State charged Osaghae wi... More...
$0 (04-18-2024 - KS)<h1> State of Kansas v. KYLE TREVOR FLACK </h1>
Ottawa, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> In 2013, Andrew Stout and two friends, including Steven White, lived at Stout's <br> house in rural Franklin County. Flack, another friend of Stout's, occasionally spent time <br> there. Flack brought a shotgun with him everywhere, usua... More...
$0 (01-19-2024 - KS)Gabriela Quijas v. Gene R. White and Werner Enterprises, Inc.
Kansas City, Kansas personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> Kansas Auto Negligence Law: Key Points<br> <br> Kansas auto negligence law follows a modified comparative negligence system, meaning that your ability to recover damages in an accident depe... More...
$1 (12-27-2023 - KS)Brittany Yaple v. Christopher James Erion and Jakel Trucking, L.L.C.
Kansas City, Kansas personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on auto negligence wrongful death theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> <br> Kansas Auto Negligence Law: Key Points<br> <br> Kansas auto negligence law follows a modified comparative negligence system, meaning that your ability to recover dama... More...
$0 (05-18-2023 - KS)Juan Landa v. Robert Payne and New Prime, Inc.
Wichita, Kansas personal injury car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> Kansas Auto Negligence Law: Key Points<br> <br> Kansas auto negligence law follows a modified comparative negligence system, meaning that your ability to recover damages in an accident depends on... More...
$1 (12-07-2023 - KS)Manuel Sosa Beltran v. Titus Transports Holdings, LLC
Wichita, Kansas personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> Kansas Auto Negligence Law: Key Points<br> <br> Kansas auto negligence law follows a modified comparative negligence system, meaning that your ability to recover damages in an accident depen... More...
$1 (12-04-2023 - KS)United States of America v. Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC
Topeka, Kansas: The Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC and its affiliated companies (CRRM) for violations of the Clean Air Act and a previous consent decree related to operation of its petroleum refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas. These violations resulted in illegal emissions of various po... More...
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