About Scott Nutter

Scott E. Nutter is a skilled trial lawyer and partner at Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, Chtd. He represents individuals who have been seriously injured in accidents, as well as the families of those wrongfully killed. Since joining the firm in 2001, Scott has been co-counsel in some of the firm's largest jury verdicts. He served as co-counsel with Lynn Johnson in Frederick v. Swift, a semi-truck accident case that resulted in a $23.5 million verdict believed to be one of the largest personal injury verdicts in Kansas history.

He also served as co-counsel in Pronald v. Firestone, involving a tire tread separation, which ended in an $8.3 million verdict believed to be the second largest personal injury verdict in the history of Johnson County, Kansas. Scott earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1996, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 1995 as one of only five juniors at the university. He then earned his law degree cum laude from the University of Missouri in 1999, during which he served as managing editor of the Missouri Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Barristers. Before joining the firm, he clerked for the Honorable D. Brook Bartlett, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$15,275,000 (judgment after comparative-fault reduction; $23.5 million gross verdict)Verdict

A federal jury in Wichita awarded $23.5 million to a Yellow Freight co-driver left with debilitating injuries after a Swift Transportation driver, impaired by methamphetamine, backed her rig from a rest stop onto U.S. Highway 54 in New Mexico.

U.S. District Court, District of Kansas (Wichita) · 2008Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$5.7 millionVerdict

A Johnson County jury awarded $5.7 million to the family of Kim Yates, a 49-year-old woman who died by suicide three days after AdventHealth Shawnee Mission discharged her despite an initial triage assessment flagging her as high risk, in what records show is the largest wrongful death or medical malpractice verdict in Johnson County history.

Johnson County District Court, Kansas · 2025Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$1,670,000 (reduced under the Kansas damages cap; $2.88 million gross verdict)Verdict

A Johnson County jury returned the largest medical-malpractice verdict in the county in more than 25 years after finding a pain clinic and its physician responsible for a spinal MRSA infection that destroyed a patient's quality of life.

Johnson County District Court, Kansas; affirmed Kansas Court of Appeals 2016; affirmed in part by Kansas Supreme Court 2018 · 2014Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Missouri Columbia School of Law
J.D., 1999
University of Missouri-Columbia
Undergraduate, 1996

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Kansas

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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
Wagstaff & Cartmell
Wagstaff & Cartmell
$235 million · Altria Pays $235 Million After Wagstaff & Cartmell Rests SFUSD's Case Mid-Trial
Cullan & Cullan LLC
Cullan & Cullan LLC
$20,824,653 (final judgment after Missouri's noneconomic cap and a settlement credit; $25.4 million gross verdict) · $25.4 Million Verdict for Birth Injury Caused by Excessive Pitocin, Reduced to $20.8 Million Under Missouri's Malpractice Cap