We try cases and win for workers

We represented a brave client who stood up to racism at Spire, a natural gas utility. Just before the trial, the company did not offer even a penny to settle. A jury in St. Louis awarded our client $8.5 million in actual and punitive damages - believed to be the largest verdict in Missouri history for race discrimination.

Our firm represented a pharmaceutical sales manager at Astellas who lost his job after a false accusation in the workplace. After protracted discovery battles and a scorched-earth litigation approach by the defendant, we tried the case for two weeks to a jury. The jury in Independence, Missouri, returned a verdict for our client of $432,001 in actual and nominal damages, and $6 million in punitive damages. This is believed to be the largest verdict ever rendered under Missouri's century-old Service Letter Law.

Along with the Popham Law Firm, we tried a three-week age discrimination case to verdict in Wyandotte County, Kansas, for a group of veteran employees who lost their jobs at natural gas utility ONEOK. The jury returned a verdict of approximately $917,000, awarding our clients their full backpay; this is believed to be the largest discrimination verdict ever in a Kansas state court. Our clients have gone on to rewarding and fulfilling careers and to spending quality time with their families.

A NICU nurse worked successfully for 18 years at the same hospital. As she hit age 60, her health problems increased and grew more severe in nature. One day, she had an asthma attack, and was given oxygen by her co-workers at the hospital. She was also hospitalized for her asthma. Soon after, she was fired, and in an unemployment hearing, her supervisor admitted that they were firing her for her problems with asthma. Our team worked this case up and deposed the discriminators, leading to a final settlement which made our client more than whole.