All 62 residents of a Norton, Kansas nursing home contracted COVID-19. Ten residents died. One remains hospitalized. The remaining 51 continued to be cared for at the nursing home. Some of the nursing home’s staff tested positive for COVID-19. The… Read More
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Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Filed One Day Late
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… Read More
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Kansas Appellate Court Says Statute That Eliminated Wrongful Birth Claims Is Constitutional
The Court of Appeals of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 15, 2018 that “K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 60-1906 is constitutional since a cause of action for wrongful birth was unavailable when our… Read More
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Kansas Senate Seeks Medical Malpractice Cap Increase And Other Reforms
The Kansas Senate has taken the initial step to increase the $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in all personal injury actions, including medical malpractice cases, that was enacted in 1988 but had not increased since then despite inflation. The original Kansas cap… Read More
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Kansas Inmate Medical Malpractice Settlement
On December 17, 2012, the Shawnee County, Kansas Commissioners approved a $150,000 settlement to the survivors of an inmate who died in November 2009 while imprisoned in its jail. The medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on April 11, 2012 by the prisoner’s aunt and mother against the Shawnee… Read More
