Tim Dollar
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About Tim Dollar
Tim Dollar is one of the most accomplished trial lawyers in the country, having tried more than 286 jury trials and won hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients. Over a 35-year career he has also served as a Special Homicide Prosecutor for Jackson County, Missouri, prosecuting high-profile criminal cases including the nationally covered Precious Doe case. His civil cases include Bresette v. Brassfield and Gorre, arising from the collapse of a flight display board at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport that fatally injured a 10-year-old boy, and representation of Kansas City Chiefs mascot KC Wolf after a serious stunt injury at Arrowhead Stadium. Tim is a longtime member of the Missouri Bar, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and was President of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys in 2012. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2005 and has received Super Lawyers Top 100 in Missouri recognition every year since 2005.
Proven verdicts and settlements
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 $37.5 million to Steven Holdeman, who was left a paraplegic after a semi-truck rear-ended his car on Interstate 435, finding Philip Stratman 99 percent at fault for stalling his vehicle in the center lane.
An arbitrator awarded $32.4 million to the families of three people killed when a Kansas City Fire Department engine ran a red light at 50 mph through the Westport entertainment district in December 2021; Tim Dollar of Dollar, Burns, Becker and Hershewe represented the family of Michael Elwood.
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