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About Jill Kanatzar
Jill Kanatzar is one of the most respected trial attorneys in the region handling sexual abuse, child injury, wrongful death, and nursing home abuse cases, with more than 30 years of experience in this area. Before joining the firm, she served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Jackson County, Missouri, spending the majority of her tenure in the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Unit. She currently sits on the 16th Circuit Judicial Commission, which nominates candidates for appointment to the Jackson County bench, and was appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court to its Advisory Committee, where she serves as Chief Hearing Officer in lawyer disciplinary proceedings. Jill has also served as chair of the Missouri Supreme Court Regional Disciplinary Committee and chair of the Jackson County Child Sexual Abuse Task Force.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe
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A Callaway County jury awarded Beth Mayhew and her husband $82.3 million after a truck driver hit their vehicle on I-70 while driving with both feet on the dashboard and holding an iPad to watch videos.
A Platte County jury returned a record $70 million verdict after an eight-year-old boy died and his six-year-old sister was seriously injured when a distracted driver rear-ended their grandparents' car in a highway construction zone.
A Jackson County jury awarded $40 million on Nov. 1, 2023, to the family of Charles Mabie, a 52-year-old man killed when a driver on PCP, traveling over 100 mph, struck his car from behind at a red light in Independence, Missouri. The defendant had admitted liability before trial, so the jury decided only damages. The award rested on the loss of Mabie's relationship with his wife and two children.
A jury awarded nearly $39 million after a New Prime tractor-trailer jackknifed on icy Interstate 40 and triggered a multi-vehicle pileup that killed four people, including two members of a Texas family.
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