In the past week, three fiery crashes on Kansas City-area highways involving large trucks_ one of which killed five people_ have put motorists on edge. And they have served as a grim reminder of the danger that semi- trailers and other large commercial trucks pose. In 2015, 4,067 people across the country were killed in...Read More

In the June 2017 issue of The Pitch, reporter Barbara Shelly writes about the lawsuit filed against Wright Career College. Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, which represented 264 students who were defrauded from the Overland Park-based proprietary school, recently negotiated a $3 million settlement with the insurance company representing Wright’s corporate owner. Wright Career College closed...Read More

The $20.6 million jury verdict that Humphrey, Farrington & McClain won last year for a 27-year-old Missouri woman has been named one of The National Law Journal’s Top 100 Verdicts of 2016. The National Law Journal is a U.S. periodical that reports legal news such as federal circuit court decisions, verdicts, practitioners’ columns, legislative issues...Read More

Congratulations to Kenneth B. McClain for being named a 2017 recipient of the Jackson County Democratic Committee’s Harry S. Truman Award. The award is given annually to a non-elected-office-holding male and female who is committed to grass roots political efforts and advancing the goals of the Democratic Party. Beth Low Smith is the female recipient....Read More

(Independence, MO): Attorneys for Humphrey, Farrington & McClain have filed a class-action lawsuit against cable television giant Comcast for violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. The lawsuit, filed August 3, 2016 in Jackson County Circuit Court, alleges that Comcast deceived Missouri subscribers by marketing and selling a service protection plan that did not cover...Read More

Independence, MO (May 4, 2017)- Attorneys for the law firm of Humphrey, Farrington & McClain on Thursday filed a lawsuit on behalf of 27 members of the Boenker family whose 33-acre farm has been exposed to radioactive waste from the Bridgeton and West Lake landfills in Bridgeton, MO. The lawsuit, filed in St. Louis County...Read More

On August 28, 2011, Derek Sheely died as a result of second-impact syndrome. On August 22, 2013, the family of Derek Sheely filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the NCAA, Kranos (dba “Schutt Sports”), George L. Heider, Inc. (dba “Sportsmans”), two Frostburg State University (“FSU”) coaches, and a Frostburg State athletic trainer, asserting that Derek’s...Read More

(Clinton, MO)-  A Missouri Circuit Court judge has found Kansas City Power & Light responsible for respiratory injuries sustained by an employee at the coal-fired Montrose Station power plant in Clinton, MO. Judge William R. Hass on January 26, 2017 awarded the plaintiff James Philpott, of Clinton, MO, nearly $5,389,676.59 in compensatory damages and $5...Read More