Successes
Numerous judgements in favor of, and dismissals of, individual and corporate health care providers in Missouri and Kansas state and federal court lawsuits (2001-2023). Selected representative examples of favorable outcomes:
Judgment in favor of oral surgery group, Kansas federal court, February 2023.
Judgment in favor of general dentist, St. Louis County, November 2022.
In October 2016, Matt obtained judgment in favor of four allied healthcare professionals in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
Matt won a complete defense verdict in favor of his client, a skilled nursing facility, in The Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri at Kansas City in May 2013. This was one of the highest-dollar defense verdicts in Missouri in 2013.
Other recent representative verdicts and judgments include a defense judgment in favor of anesthesiologist (2012); defense judgment in favor of pulmonologist (2011); defense judgment in favor of physician group (2010); and defense verdict in favor of dentist (2008).
Matt has been the lead attorney in hundreds of lawsuits covering a wide variety of practice areas including professional liability defense, personal injury defense, premises liability defense, products liability defense and commercial litigation. In addition to trial work, Matt has obtained hundreds of favorable mediation outcomes for his clients.