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

(Springfield, MO): A federal jury in Springfield, MO has found a Missouri-based ball bearings manufacturer responsible for exposing a 27-year-old woman to a toxic chemical that has left her with a host of permanent disabilities. The jury’s verdict calls for FAG Bearings, of Joplin, MO, to pay Jodelle L. Kirk, a total of $20.6 million,...Read More

issouri trial lawyers Daniel “Danny” Thomas and Jonathan Soper were recently honored for obtaining a $108 million verdict on behalf of a couple who lost their daughter because of the actions of a religious cult. The Missouri Lawyers Media award recognized the attorneys for obtaining the largest personal injury verdict in Missouri for 2012. This...Read More

federal jury award against trucking behemoth Swift Transportation for nearly $15.3 million is likely the largest single personal injury award in the history of the Kansas court system. The verdict came at the end of a lengthy trial arising from a 2006 collision between a vehicle of the Swift Transportation tractor-trailer fleet and an 18-wheeler...Read More