Husband and wife both injured in a motor vehicle collision on I-70 in Gove County, Kansas. Husband suffered a fracture of his ankle and wife an injury to her wrist.
Personal injury
Motor vehicle accident in Lawrence, Kansas.
Jun 20, 2018
OUTCOME: $1 Million settlement
$1 Million aggregate recovery for four clients severely injured in an MVA in Lawrence, Kansas. The most severe injuries in this KS MVA included the fractured hip of a 22 year old male and fractured pel...vis and femur of a 2 year old minor girl.
Wrongful death
Electrocution wrongful death case in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.
Jun 10, 2018
OUTCOME: $1.8 Million settlement
$1.8 Million recovery for the family of a 21-year old boy who was electrocuted and killed in Missouri while swimming off a dock at Lake of the Ozarks (wrongful death case filed in Camden County, MO).
Litigation
Syngenta mass tort MDL settlement and federal payment program for US Producers.
Apr 10, 2018
OUTCOME: $1.51 Billion settlement
From 2015 to 2020, I oversaw the coordinated aggregation of over 2,500+ corn producer clients and 20+ grain elevators in the Syngenta AG Corn Seed MDL. Our firm’s clients hailed from over 22 states and... we filed suit for over 2,000+ producers in the Minnesota state court coordinated action in Hennepin County, MN. Over 100,000+ corn producers from across the U.S. farm belt eventually filed suit against Syngenta from 2015 to 2017 in an individual capacity, and multiple other state court class actions were certified and noticed in the federal MDL in Kansas City, KS. This expansive complex litigation spanned several federal court jurisdictions as well as the MN state court coordinated action, and culminated in a global $1.51 Billion settlement with Syngenta in April 2018. Thereafter, in 2018-2020 Shields Law Group guided our 2,500+ clients through the global settlement claim process. The Judge overseeing the federal MDL approved a $503 Million global attorney fee fund in December 2018 to compensate all counsel involved in the litigation including Shields Law Group, LLC.