A federal judge in Kansas ruled that the Kansas Products Liability Act’s latent disease exception does not apply to toxic emissions, allowing most claims in a class action against a chemical plant to proceed, while dismissing the claims of three named plain...
A federal judge in Kansas granted summary judgment to Ascension Via Christi Hospital Pittsburg on a mother’s EMTALA claim, ruling the hospital adhered to its own screening procedures when a child tested positive for THC, and declined to hear the mother’s re...
A federal judge in Kansas has allowed a former property manager’s sex discrimination and housing discrimination claims to proceed against her employer, rejecting arguments that her allegations were too vague or conclusory to survive a motion to dismiss.
A federal judge in Kansas allowed a woman’s excessive force lawsuit to proceed against a sheriff’s deputy, ruling that her complaint plausibly alleged the deputy used unreasonable force against a nonviolent misdemeanant who posed no threat.
A federal district court in Kansas ruled that a railroad’s adverse possession claim is completely preempted by federal law, dismissing the property owner’s quiet title action but allowing the plaintiff 21 days to refile under the Interstate Commerce Commiss...
A federal magistrate judge refused to let a Burger King franchisor block four more hours of questioning of its chief operating officer in a Title VII class sexual-harassment case.
A new Kansas statute imposes disclosure burdens on proxy advisors only when they recommend votes against corporate management — a distinction ISS says is unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
A Topeka police captain who filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the city now alleges it turned around and weaponized internal investigations against her in retaliation.
A federal judge has certified a class of Missouri wage claimants against a commercial landscaping company that has classified all of its field workers as exempt from overtime since its founding in 1989.
A Kansas federal court sent an aviation services dispute back to state court after discovering the plaintiff had converted from a corporation to an LLC whose ownership chain runs through a New Mexico state pension board — and the judge used the occasion to...
Judge Kathryn H. Vratil of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas overruled Harcros Chemicals Inc.’s motion to dismiss in a systemic class action alleging that carcinogenic ethylene oxide emissions from a Kansas City, Kansas, facility injured a...
A federal judge overruled an unopposed settlement approval motion because putative collective members had never received notice or a chance to join the suit.