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About Wm. Dirk Vandever
Wm. Dirk Vandever is a trial lawyer at Popham Injury Law focusing on injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases. He served as the youngest president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, then went on to become president of the Kansas City Bar Foundation and the American Board of Trial Advocacy (KS/MO). He regularly lectures on trial practice at national, state, and local levels. Dirk graduated with honors from the University of Missouri-Columbia and earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
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A Cass County jury awarded $10 million to the husband and eight daughters of Kathleen Miller, 62, who died after a pickup truck crossed the center line on Missouri Highway 52 and struck her vehicle head-on.
A Henry County jury awarded $9.04 million to the family of 75-year-old Sondra Murrell, who died when an oncoming driver crossed the centerline, and to her grandson, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in the same crash.
A Linn County jury returned a $9 million verdict for Audrey Ford, a motorcycle passenger whose right leg was amputated above the knee after a driver pulled into the path of the bike at a rural Missouri intersection.
A Platte County jury returned an $8 million verdict for Jeff Bash, who suffered third-degree burns over nearly a quarter of his body when an antique car ignited while he was pouring fuel into the carburetor; after a 20% comparative-fault reduction the net judgment came to $6.4 million.
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