Kerstin Schuhmann

Proven Verdicts
Louisville, KY32 years experienceAdmitted 1993

About Kerstin Schuhmann

Kerstin Schuhmann is an Attorney at Kaufman & Stigger, PLLC, specializing in personal injury cases.

Schuhmann earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville in 1993 and her Bachelor of Arts from Bellarmine College in 1989. She is admitted to practice in Kentucky and Indiana.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Schuhmann grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended Sacred Heart Academy.

Proven verdicts and settlements

A Jefferson County jury awarded Douglas Burnett $2,268,878.20 after he fell from an unfinished commercial staircase in Shelbyville, Kentucky, when a handrail gave way and dropped him ten feet onto concrete. The jury put 80 percent of the fault on the lumber company that supplied and supervised the framing, 15 percent on the general contractor and 5 percent on Burnett. The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the liability findings in 2009.

Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky · 2007Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$1.2 millionVerdictTop 20 in Kentucky · #18

A Jefferson County jury awarded $1,200,626 to a Fort Knox Staff Sergeant whose left arm was permanently impaired after an AmeriGas propane delivery truck drifted into his lane and clipped his motorcycle on Blevins Gap Road in September 2005.

Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, KY · 2009Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →
$261,520Verdict

A Jefferson County jury took eight minutes to award a retired florist $261,520 after a head-on collision on River Road in Prospect left him trapped in his vehicle and seriously injured, with the verdict coming in a UIM coverage dispute against his own insurer.

Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, KY · 2023Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Bellarmine College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Kentucky
State Bar of Indiana, admitted 1993
Kentucky Bar Association
Indiana Bar Association
Louisville Bar Association
Kentucky Justice Association

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