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About Victor Bergman

Victor A. Bergman is an experienced trial lawyer who has been with Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, Chtd. and its predecessors for his entire legal career. As of counsel, Vic limits his caseload to approximately 10 cases at a time so every client receives full attention and resources. He spent 30 years representing children and families in obstetrical malpractice and birth injury cases, proving in court the connection between medical malpractice during labor and delivery and cerebral palsy and death. Vic was also a national figure in the legal fight for women injured by toxic shock syndrome, proving the connection between TSS and highly absorbent tampons, which resulted in Procter & Gamble paying an undisclosed settlement.

He has extensive experience in truck accident litigation as well as product liability and environmental cases. Vic earned his undergraduate degree cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1971, and his J.D. with Order of the Coif honors from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1975. He has been listed in America's Best Lawyers every year since 1987 and was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1998, an honor reserved for the top 1% of trial lawyers nationwide.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$1.215 millionVerdict

Victor Bergman won a $1.215 million jury verdict for sprint car driver Doug Wolfgang, who suffered severe burns after track operators at Lakeside Speedway left him trapped in a burning cockpit for eight to ten minutes with only two undertrained firefighters on site.

U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; affirmed 10th Cir. 1997 · 1997Premises LiabilityRead 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 Kansas School of Law
J.D., 1975
State University of New York at Buffalo
Undergraduate, 1971

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Kansas
State Bar of Missouri

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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
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