Vanessa Harris Gross

Proven Verdicts
Kansas City, MO

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

Proven verdicts and settlements

Kathryn Gant died at the scene of a head-on crash on K-58 in Kansas on June 10, 2011, after a driver crossed the center line in a no-passing zone. Her husband sued the driver, the driver's parents and the family oil company. After a five-day bench trial in June 2015, a Coffey County judge found all of them liable and awarded $6,723,021. Under a pretrial agreement, none of the judgment could be collected from the defendants themselves.

Coffey County District Court, Kansas · 2015Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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

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