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About Vanessa Harris Gross

Secured the largest reported compensatory damages award for a wrongful death case in Kansas state history - $6.7 million verdict Won a $2.5 million jury verdict in Florida federal court in the first Transvaginal Mesh cases tried against Coloplast Court-appointed to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in In Re: Hair Relaxer Marketing Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3060) by the Honorable Mary M. Rowland, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Proven track record on both sides of the courtroom, having successfully tried plaintiff and defense cases to verdict Represented hundreds of clients nationwide in complex mass tort litigation, including consumer product, pharmaceutical, and medical device cases

Practice areas

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School
J.D., 2008
University of Florida
Undergraduate, 2005

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
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
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