Our Cases

The following section gives an overview of the media coverage our cases have experienced over the years.

Recent Settlement Against the City of Kansas City, Missouri and The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners.

Kansas City expected to pay family $4 million in wrongful death lawsuit regarding 911 phone call

• KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Kansas City and the Kansas City Police Department will pay a Prairie Village, Kansas, man $4.124 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over the death of his wife five years ago. That settlement is expected to be officially approved by the Finance Committee on Thursday …. Click here to read more

Woman’s death after 911 response errors prompts Kansas City to pay up. Will system change?

• Kansas City and the Kansas City Police Department will pay $2 million each to settle a lawsuit filed by a Prairie Village man who claims his wife died five years ago because police and fire department dispatchers mishandled a 911 call. The agencies also agreed to evaluate the 911 system regularly going forward … Click here to read more

Kansas City, Missouri, City Council approves $2M settlement in death of Prairie Village woman

• KANSAS CITY, Mo — The Kansas City, Missouri, City Council approved a settlement of just over $2 million Thursday in a lawsuit filed by a Prairie Village woman’s family after her death in 2019 … Click here to read more