Kansas Independent Contractor Law
 

STATE OF KANSAS v. PATRICIO SABAS GOMEZ

Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with claiming a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error



If a defendant claims a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error, the
reviewing c... 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.

This case stems from the termination of the independent contractor
relationship between Plaintiff-Appellant, Dr. Kolette Smith, and Defendants-
Appellees, Brian Williams and Labette County Medical Center (“Labette Health”)
(collectively “Defendants”). Dr. Smith appeals from the district court’s grant of... More...    $0 (12-18-2024 - KS)

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Calvin Wesley Rich


Great Bend, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking relief from custody.


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)

Tiffany Espinosa v. Todd W. Allen, et al.


Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff.



"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.


Wichita, Kansas civil rights Americans With Disabilities lawyer represented the Plaintiff.



"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)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CRISTA G. HINOSTROZA


Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conceal and carry contraband into a correctional facility



Officers from the Lyon County Sheriff's department and the Emporia Police
Department r... More...    $0 (08-03-2024 - KS)

MARQUISE JOHNSON v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, LLC, FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA, S.P.A., and BERETTA U.S.A. CORP.

Topeka Kansas civil defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with product defect lawsuit against a gun seller



Shortly after turning 21, Andre Lewis went to the Bass Pro Outdoor World in
Olathe, Kansas, and bought a Be... More...    $0 (05-03-2024 - KS)

Ana Galvan-Gomez v. Signature Landscape, LLC


Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.



This case was filed in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, 23-CV-30042, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

42 U.S.C. 12101 provides:

The Congress ... More...    $1 (06-10-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. BERNARD L. SMITH

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree felony murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery,
and battery



On July 2, 2020, Candi Morris arrived at the Wichita Police Department to report
a potential ... More...    $0 (04-26-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARITY BLACKMON

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
sentencing departure. .



The State charged Blackmon on March 30, 2... More...    $0 (04-19-2024 - KS)

EDDIE L. CADDELL v. STATE OF KANSAS

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child .





Caddell was charged with rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child in
one case and aggravated criminal ... More...    $0 (04-19-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARITY BLACKMON

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree, premeditated murder and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon



The State charged Blackmon on March 30, 2021, with first-degree, premeditated
murder and crimina... More...    $0 (04-19-2024 - KS)

State of Kansas v. KYLE TREVOR FLACK

Ottawa, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm.

In 2013, Andrew Stout and two friends, including Steven White, lived at Stout's
house in rural Franklin County. Flack, another friend of Stout's, occasionally spent time
there. Flack brought a shotgun with him everywhere, usua... More...    $0 (01-19-2024 - KS)

State of Kansas v. Floyd Scott Bledsoe

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...    $0 (02-01-2023 - KS)

CATHERINE ROLL, et al. v. LAURA HOWARD, et al.

Topeka, Kansas – Disability lawyer represented Appellant with seeking to relocate to a community based treatment center.




A case is moot when it is clearly and convincingly shown the actual controversy
has ended, the only judgment that could be entered would be ineffectual for any purpose,
and it would not impa... More...    $0 (09-09-2022 - KS)

Lamonte McIntyre and Ross Lee McIntyre v. Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued defendants on civil rights violation theories.

Lamonte McIntyre and Rose Lee McIntyre filed suit against the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas (“Unified Government”), Roger Golubski, Dennis Ware, James Brown, Clyde Blood, W.K. Smith and Daphne Halderman (as special administrator of the es... More...    $0 (06-28-2022 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. ALEXANDER CHRI STOPHER HUNT

Topeka, KS - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child charges.



In late November or early December 2018, Hunt, a homeless man, was invited to
stay at a house shared by several people including C.W. and her eight-year... More...    $0 (05-27-2022 - KS)

CATHERINE A. JORITZ v. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Topeka, KS - Employment Law lawyer represented defendant with appealing her being wrongly terminated from her tenure track employment.



The University hired Joritz as an assistant professor in the Film and Media Studies
(FMS) Department in 2012. Her job as an assistant professor was a tenure t... More...    $0 (05-27-2022 - KS)

GREAT PLAINS ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, INC. v. K BUILDING SPECIALTIES, INC., et al.,

Topeka, KS - Personal Injury lawyer represented defendant with fil0ing an indemnification suit against K Building Specialties, Inc.



In July 2014, Great Plains and K Building were subcontractors working on a
construction project at the John Deere Regional Facility in Olathe, Kansas. Great Plai... More...    $0 (05-26-2022 - KS)

JENNIFER K. SCHWARZ v. JULIE A. SCHWARZ

Topeka, KS - Child custody lawyer represented appellee with
challenging giving her sons' paternal grandmother visitation.



Mother and the boys' father (Father) were in the midst of a divorce action when
Father suddenly died. Father's death obviously ended both the marriage and the pending... More...    $0 (05-26-2022 - KS)

United States of America v. Charlie James

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failing to pay over payroll taxes.

Charlie James, age 43, from De Soto, Kansas was the co-owner of KC United, LLC which operated several subsidiary infrastructure and utility contractor companies. In April 2011, three of the subsidiaries filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in U.S. District Court in the District of Kans... More...    $0 (03-11-2022 - KS)

YUDI HERNANDEZ (STEPHEN BRAVE) v. BRAD PISTOTNIK and BRIAN PISTOTNIK

Topeka, Kansas - Personal Injury lawyer represented defendant with an appeal challenging a protective order.



Yudi Hernandez was 17 years old when she was in a car accident that left her
severely injured. While she was in a coma, her father, Ernesto Hernandez, hired the
Affiliated Attorneys... More...    $0 (03-29-2022 - KS)

PRUDENCIO CUEVAS PEREZ v. NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO

Topeka, Kansas - Workers Compensation lawyer represented Appellant with filing a claim to recover for his injuries



At the time of the injury in question, Perez had worked for NBP for approximately
two and a half years. On August 26, 2014, Perez suffered an injury to his left knee when
he tr... More...    $0 (03-29-2022 - KS)

PRUDENCIO CUEVAS PEREZ v. NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO

Topeka, Kansas - Personal Injury lawyer represented Appellant with a compensable injury claim.



At the time of the injury in question, Perez had worked for NBP for approximately
two and a half years. On August 26, 2014, Perez suffered an injury to his left knee when
he tripped and fell over... More...    $0 (03-27-2022 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. MARK HOLLEY III

- Criminal defense attorney represented Mark Holley III with challenging his first-degree felony murder and child endangerment convictions on direct appeal.



Although Holley's convictions stem from four separate events, for today's
purposes we need only discuss the robbery of Timothy Albin and the murder of D'Shaun
Smit... More...    $0 (04-24-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Luis Antonio Aguirre with a voluntary
manslaughter and a first-degree premeditated murder charge



In September 2007, T.M. and her one-year-old son, J.M., left a homeless shelter in
Chicago. A month later, their bodies were discovered in a shallow grave near Ogden,
K... More...    $0 (04-23-2021 - KS)

KEVIN SKAGGS v. STATE OF KANSAS

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Kevin Skaggs with filing successive motions for postconviction relief under K.S.A. 60-1507.



On June 25, 2007, following a six-day jury trial, Skaggs was convicted of three
counts of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, two counts of sexual
exploitation of... More...    $0 (03-11-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. SAMUEL VONACHEN

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Samuel Vonachen with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of aggravated arson. After being certified to be tried as an adult, he was convicted as charged. In this direct appeal, he advances seven challenges to reverse those results.

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STATE OF KANSAS v. PHILLIP JERMAINE STANLEY

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Phillip Jermaine Stanley with directly appealing a first-degree murder charge.



Phillip Jermaine Stanley directly appeals his first-degree murder
conviction. Stanley alleges the district court erred when it refused to grant a mistrial after
a witness claimed to have ... More...    $0 (01-10-2021 - KS)

Building Erection Svcs. Co. v. Walton Construction Co.

Topeka, KS - Litigation lawyer represented defendant Walton Construction Company (Walton) and Building Erection Services Company (BESCO) over liability and damages resulting from faulty construction on the University of Kansas' Memorial Stadium.



This decision resolves the third appeal in this Odyssean litigation
between... More...    $0 (11-27-2020 - KS)

ZIAD K. KHALIL-ALSALAAMI v. STATE OF KANSAS

Clay Center, KS - Criminal Defense Attorney, aggravated criminal sodomy





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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS
No. 115,184
ZIAD K. KHALIL... More...    $0 (09-24-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. DIANTRE MARQUELLE LEMMIE,















In the early morning of April 26, 2016, in the parki... More...    $0 (09-04-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. BOE WAYNE ADAMS














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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS
No. 12... More...    $0 (09-03-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. TONY R. ROAT















: In 2009, Tony Roat was charged with one count of mak... More...    $0 (09-02-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. MICHAEL EUGENE GEORGE JR.














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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS
No. 12... More...    $0 (09-02-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES D. SATCHELL















The State charged Satchell with sex offenses for eng... More...    $0 (09-02-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. JEROME EDWARDS















This court laid out the facts underlying Edwards' co... More...    $0 (09-01-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. SHELBIE ELLIS















On the afternoon of January 20, 2018, an employee of a... More...    $0 (08-31-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN PATTILLO















Hostilities between rival gangs underlie this case. Th... More...    $0 (08-31-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. RITCHIE D. RANDLE










First-degree premeditated murder and criminal
discharge of a firearm


More...    $0 (06-23-2020 - KS)

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