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About Playter Trial Lawyers

Playter Trial Lawyers is a personal injury and employment law firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, run by attorneys Eric and Chris Playter. The firm handles car, truck, motorcycle, and slip and fall accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and employment discrimination and wrongful termination cases. In December 2024 the firm served as co-counsel with BG Law in Coffee v. White, a $34.1 million Jackson County jury verdict.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by Playter Trial Lawyers

$34.1 millionVerdict

A Jackson County jury returned $34,130,700 for Christopher Coffee against Randal White, whose blood alcohol content was .20 when he ran a Shawnee, Kansas intersection at 76 mph, and assigned Coffee 20 percent of the fault, leaving a net recovery of $27,304,560.

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

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Kansas City firms

Brown & Crouppen
Brown & Crouppen
$119.5 million (approximately, as cut post-trial; $462 million gross verdict) · $462 Million Verdict Against Trailer Maker Wabash in a Fatal St. Louis Underride Crash
The Popham Law Firm
The Popham Law Firm
$57 million · $57 Million Settlement for 1,700 Sprint Workers in Landmark ADEA Collective Action
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe
$82.3 million · $82.3 Million Verdict for I-70 Crash Victim Struck by Trucker Watching Videos on iPad
Shamberg Johnson & Bergman
Shamberg Johnson & Bergman
$15,275,000 (judgment after comparative-fault reduction; $23.5 million gross verdict) · $23.5 Million Verdict Against Swift Transportation for Meth-Impaired Driver Who Backed Into Highway Traffic
Wagstaff & Cartmell
Wagstaff & Cartmell
$235 million · Altria Pays $235 Million After Wagstaff & Cartmell Rests SFUSD's Case Mid-Trial

Attorneys at Playter Trial Lawyers

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