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February 7, 2012

Steve Gorny recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly for a Top Twenty Plaintiff's Victory in 2011 for $6,514,457.

January 19, 2012

Michael Rader recently resolved a Missouri personal injury/automobile accident case that arose in November of 2010 while the plaintiff was driving westbound on I-470 in Kansas City, MO.  Mr. Rader’s client was returning home from a storage unit that he was renting in Lee’s Summit, MO.  At the same time, the defendant was driving his 2009 Toyota Corolla eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-470 with excessive blood alcohol content (B.A.C.). 

At 12:45 a.m. as plaintiff crossed over the Blue Ridge Blvd. Bridge headed westbound, the defendant’s vehicle, driving eastbound in the westbound lane, collided head on with Plaintiff.  As a result of the accident, Plaintiff suffered bilateral fractured feet, a fractured left hip, multiple fractured ribs, a broken nose and a fractured left shoulder.  The fractured left shoulder required surgical repair.

The case was filed and litigated in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, MO.

June 20, 2011

BFRG, announces that the Court has Ordered final approval for the Multi Billion Dollar nationwide class action settlement negotiated by BFRG partners Edward “Chip” Robertson, Jr., Jim Frickleton and Mary Winter. The Order paves the way for the collection and distribution of over One Billion Dollars in claimed tax refunds from various states and local jurisdictions and confirms savings of future taxes of nearly Two Billion Dollars. The Order culminates nearly two years of work on the groundbreaking case filed and prosecuted by BFRG. A complete copy of the Court’s Order can be found at http://www.bflawfirm.com/ATTSettlement.aspx.

September 26, 2011

Attorney Steve Gorny will participate in the Tough Mudder endurance contest on October 8 in Central Texas. Proceeds benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Visit www.toughmudder.com.

 

September 22, 2011

At the Missouri Bar Annual Meeting, Chip Robertson was given the Spurgeon Smithson Award. The award is given to three indiviudals annually: one attorney, one judge, and one professor. The award acknowleges significant contribution to the administration of justice. Chip was given the award in his capacity as judge, given his prior service with the Supreme Court of Missouri as a former Justice and Chief Justice.

September 13, 2011

Attorneys Steve Gorny and Michelle Marvel are investigating side-impact integrity of Jeep suv's built in the late 1990's. The firm will investigate various issues with the late 1990's model vehicles.

 

August 22, 2011

Attorneys and staff from the BFRG Leawood office volunteer at Harvesters each month. Harvesters is one of the biggest food pantries in the nation. Each month they help supply other food panties and feed families in need. Once a month attorneys and staff volunteer their time to help at the production facility. They do everything from sort canned and packaged food, to weigh, box and package items to be sent out to other pantries in need. Each person who has volunteered has asked to go back. It is unfathomable to think that adults and children still go hungry each day. We at BFRG consider it a pleasure to be able to offer our services to the community.

August 20, 2011

Mike Rader was named Manager of the Year by 3&2 Little League Baseball Club of Kansas City for all the clubs that played in the Rookie League. His team was the BFRG Cubs. The award is given to only one manager a year for the entire league. The Cubs finished second place in the city championship. www.kc3and2.com.

August 10, 2011

Membership is by inviation only which is proceeded by a rigorous screening process that considers the lawyer's ability, experience, accomplisments and ethical standards as assessed by trial lawyers and judges. With a membership of only 800 attorneys adjudged by their peers and judges to be "outstanding in the field of advocacy," the Society seeks to honor the role of the trial lawyer in our system of justice. One of its principal goals is the preservation of the adversary system and the jury trial.

July 7, 2011

At the annual meeting in New York, partner Brett Votava was selected as the Secretary of the AAJ (American Association for Justic) Group on Alloderm. Alloderm is a cadaver mesh patch that has been used in abdominal surgeries, and more universally in hernia repair cases. The mesh patch has a very high fail rate and when the cadaver patch was used, infection and additional surgeries have been reported.