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$5.7M Kansas Medical Malpractice Verdict Against AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

September 9, 2025

Christopher Yates was awarded $5.7 million for the wrongful death of his wife, Kim Yates, by suicide. The Kansas medical malpractice jury determined that two defendants were at fault for the woman’s death due to medical negligence. Yates’ medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit alleged th[...]

Kansas Supreme Court Tie Vote Benefits Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs

May 25, 2024

Jeannine Williams-Davidson went to Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka to have an adrenal gland removed, but Dr. Nason Lui removed part of her pancreas instead. Another procedure and an extended hospital stay were required. Thehospital allegedly charged Williams-Davidson for both surgeries, her extra h[...]

Kansas Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges 10-Year Misdiagnosis Of Woman’s Multiple Sclerosis Led To Devastating Injury

February 5, 2024

On November 8, 2023, a Kansas woman filed a Kansas medical malpractice lawsuit against Saint Luke’s Health System and its physicians alleging that their medical negligence in failing to diagnose her multiple sclerosis led to her disease being untreated for 10 years. The woman’s Kansas medica[...]

Kansas Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case Against Surgeon Who Removed Wrong Organ

October 10, 2023

Jeannine Williams-Davidson underwent surgery to remove her left adrenal gland at Stormont-Vail Hospital. The surgeon who performed the operation misidentified her pancreas as her adrenal gland and removed a portion of the pancreas instead. Jeannine required further surgery and ongoing medical treatm[...]

3-Year-Old Died During Routine Dental Procedure In Kansas

September 11, 2021

The family of a three-year-old child who died during a routine dental procedure in a Kansas dental office has filed a Kansas dental malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against those the family allege are responsible for the death of their precious child. According to the timeline alleged in the lawsu[...]

Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Statutory Ban On Wrongful Birth Claims

May 3, 2021

The Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”), in its opinion dated April 30, 2021, stated: “This case considers the constitutional validity of a statute abolishing a medical malpractice claim commonly known as a “wrongful birth” action. See K.S.A. 2[...]

Private Autopsy Company Sued For Fraud, Owner Indicted

January 21, 2021

National Autopsy Service, which is based in Topeka, Kansas and is owned by Shawn Parcells (“Parcells”), was sued in mid-December 2020 by the family of a 68-year-old man (“decedent’) who died in a hospital and whose death the family believes was caused by medical malpractice. [...]

Kansas Appellate Court Discusses Requirements For Medical Malpractice And Informed Consent Claims In Kansas

October 1, 2020

The Court of Appeals of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated September 25, 2020, discussed the requirements for medical malpractice claims and informed consent claims in Kansas. Kansas Medical Malpractice Claims To establish medical malpractice in Kansas, [...]

Georgia Nursing Home Company Banned In Kansas

March 10, 2020

The Attorney General of Kansas announced on February 14, 2020 that AltaCare Corporation, of Alpharetta, Georgia, d/b/a Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt, Kansas, has been enjoined from doing business in Kansas for 10 years from the effective date of a consent judgment and fined $100,000 for failing[...]

Kansas VA Seeks To Fire Urologist Accused Of Harming Patients While In Private Practice

January 24, 2020

The VA hospital in Wichita, Kansas is seeking to terminate a urologist on its staff after it became aware through a news story in a local newspaper in September 2019 that the 44-year-old urologist was reportedly disciplined by the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts (“BoardR[...]

Kansas Supreme Court Overturns Statutory Cap On Noneconomic Damages In Personal Injury Cases

June 15, 2019

In it opinion dated June 14, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”) overturned Kansas’ statutory cap on noneconomic damages in personal injury cases, holding: “Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights declares, “The right of t[...]

Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Filed One Day Late

April 27, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on April 19, 2019: “because no evidence in the record supports [the plaintiff’s] factual assertion that her counsel timely submitted the same petition as the one eventually file stampe[...]

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