Sanders Warren & Russell LLP

$100,000

Auto Accident

Jury entered a verdict of $1.4 million against Allstate in a wrongful death auto accident case. Allstate paid its policy limit of $100,000, and a subsequent equitable garnishment action seeking recovery beyond policy limits was dismissed.

$10,000

Auto Accident

Jury awarded plaintiff $10,000 in a rear-end auto accident case where defendant admitted liability but challenged damages. Plaintiff alleged a serious neck injury requiring $214,000 surgery and sought over $500,000.

Bad Faith Insurance

Kansas Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's judgment that found an insurance carrier liable for bad faith failure to offer policy limits in a wrongful death case. The appellate court found insufficient evidence of bad faith causing the excess verdict.

Medical Malpractice

Defense verdict won in a five-day jury trial for a general surgery clinic accused of medical malpractice. Plaintiff alleged surgeons failed to timely take a patient to surgery for a small bowel obstruction, leading to the patient's death.

Professional Liability

Full dismissal with prejudice of all claims against a defendant attorney in a case alleging malicious prosecution, defamation, and fraudulent misrepresentation.

Medical Malpractice

Complete defense verdict obtained for an emergency room physician in a wrongful death case. Plaintiff alleged failure to timely consider a vascular emergency (aortic dissection) in a 62-year-old patient who presented with paralysis and later died.