Attorney Brice C. Barnard obtained $295,000.00 in settlements on behalf of a Missouri woman who was injured when another driver was texting on their phone and contributed to cause a multi-vehicle collision. Our client was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and ultimately required two surgeries to repair severe injuries to her shoulder. The [...]
Attorney Blake Heath settled a case on behalf of the family of a young woman who passed away. The case arose from a car crash that took the life of the young woman and the at-fault driver. Mr. Heath sent a statutory demand (known as a § 573.058 demand) giving the at-fault driver’s insurance company [...]
Attorney Brice C. Barnard obtained a $350,000.00 pre-suit settlement on behalf of a motorcyclist who was severely injured when another driver made an improper turn at a busy intersection. The injured victim was driving eastbound on 75th Street with a green light at the intersection of 75th Street and Ward Parkway when an oncoming vehicle [...]
Brice C. Barnard obtained a $400,000.00 settlement on behalf of a Kansas City man who was seriously injured in a ladder fall while performing tree work at a residential property. The property owner was the neighbor of a friend and directed our client to cut down a rotten tree. Our client was unfamiliar with the [...]
Blake Heath and Brice C. Barnard obtained a $500,000.00 unanimous verdict for a young woman who suffered permanent injuries due to a surgeon’s negligence. The case involved a 16-year-old patient whose gallbladder removal was followed by a series of medical missteps—ultimately leading to a bowel perforation, emergency surgery, and a lasting abdominal scar. In early [...]
Blake Heath along with his friend and colleague Don Saxton of Saxton Law Firm obtained a $678,000.00 verdict in favor of their client against his insurance company for improperly denying coverage. The case stemmed from damage to the client’s hotel. The client owned and operated a hotel in rural Missouri. In 2018, the client noticed [...]
M. Blake Heath recently settled a claim for his client for policy limits. The case arose after the client was struck by an uninsured motorist as she walked across the street in a marked crosswalk. Just before the crash, the client had been at a bar in Waldo for a birthday party. She left the [...]
M. Blake Heath recently obtained a $320,000 settlement for underinsured motorist benefits for his clients. The case stemmed from a car crash that occurred in December of 2016. In the crash, Mr. Heath’s clients, a mother and her adult son, were severely injured. The crash occurred in St. Clair County, Missouri when another driver crossed [...]
Blake Heath continued his success in the courtroom with a verdict against American Family Insurance Company. Mr. Heath tried the case with his friend and colleague Don Saxton of the Saxton Law Firm. The case was brought on behalf of a client who was struck by a hit-and-run motorist in the Westport district of Kansas [...]
A jury recently awarded M. Blake Heath’s client $900,000 against the City of Kansas City, Missouri for failing to properly respond to an emergency call at a local hospital. The underlying events took place in June of 2011. The client started experiencing chest pain the evening of June 22nd and quickly went to a local [...]
