Case Results

$23 Million Trucking Accident Verdict

Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman won what is thought to be the largest personal injury verdict in Kansas in a trucking case against Swift Transportation. The $23.5 million verdicts followed a lengthy jury trial in U.S. District Court in Wichita.

$11.5 Million Massive Bad Faith Judgment

The District Court of Riley County, Kansas, issued a ruling enforcing an $11,588,548 judgment against insurance carrier USAIG for its negligence and bad faith in handling a claim against its insured pilot following a fatal airplane crash. In 2021, the ruling was upheld by the Kansas Court of Appeals.

$10.25 Million Insurance Bad Faith

An insurance company's failure to timely offer its $100,000 liability policy after a motor vehicle accident resulted in the company's payment of a $10.25 million settlement of a Kansas "bad faith" action handled by Vic Bergman.

$5.2 Million Drilling Truck Accident

A head-on highway collision caused by an oil and gas driller resulted in a $4 million settlement from the drilling company after a week and a half of trial in southwest Kansas.

$4.72 Million Preventable Birth Injury

The negligence of an obstetrician and of labor and delivery nurses at Salina Regional Health Center resulted in a $4.72 million settlement. The case, which was handled by Vic Bergman and Matt Birch, exhausted the defendants’ available insurance coverage and included $20,000 of the physician’s personal assets.

$4.3 Million Preventable Birth Injury

A hospital’s failure to have policies in place to prevent devastating brain injuries to infants led to a $4.3 million Kansas settlement. Vic Bergman represented the family.

$4 Million Improper Elective Birth Induction Leads to Cerebral Palsy

An unfortunate newborn suffered cerebral palsy as the result of negligent labor and delivery at a rural southwest Kansa hospital, resulting in a $4 million settlement.

$2.88 million SJB Wrongful Death Verdict Affirmed

Today, the Kansas Court of Appeals affirmed in its entirety the $2.88 million verdicts obtained in April 2014 in Johnson County, Kan., by SJB attorneys Scott Nutter, John Parisi and Daniel Singer on behalf of Vernon and Gail Burnette against Dr. Kimber Eubanks and his clinic, PainCARE P.A., for the wrongful death of their son, Joel Burnette.

$2.88 Million $2.88 Million Verdict in Johnson Co, KS Medical malpractice Case

The case was initially filed on behalf of Joel Burnette who underwent lumbar epidural steroid injections (LESI) for low back pain in January of 2009 while under the care of Dr. Kimber L. Eubanks of Pain CARE, P.A.