Lenexa Personal Injury Lawyer
This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by Founding Partner, Terry Crouppen who has more than 40 years of legal experience as a personal injury attorney. Our last modified date shows when this page was last reviewed.
This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by Founding Partner, Terry Crouppen who has more than 40 years of legal experience as a personal injury attorney. Our last modified date shows when this page was last reviewed.
- Last Modified:
- August 15, 2025
If you’ve been injured because of a motor vehicle accident, slip and fall, medical error, or other instance where someone else was at fault, you may be eligible to file a claim for damages to cover your medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages. Contact an experienced personal injury lawyer at Brown & Crouppen to learn your rights and seek fair compensation.
People with injuries due to someone else’s negligent, reckless, or intentional actions face physical, emotional, and financial challenges. Some need surgeries or long-term medical treatment, must cope with psychological trauma, and can’t work to pay their bills.
If another party caused your accident and injuries, you have the right to seek compensation. Contact the skilled Lenexa personal injury lawyers at Brown & Crouppen to discuss your legal options and fight for the financial security you deserve.
- Our Lenexa Personal Injury Lawyers Fight for You
- What Our Clients Say About Our Firm
- Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Lenexa
- Damages You Can Pursue in a Lenexa Personal Injury Claim
- How We Assist You at Every Step of Your Personal Injury Claim
- Statute of Limitations for Lenexa Personal Injury Lawsuits
- Our Lenexa Personal Injury Lawyers Are Ready To Help
- More Personal Injury FAQs
Our Lenexa Personal Injury Lawyers Fight for You
Our firm has been helping the injured level the playing field against insurance companies and corporations since 1979. Negligent drivers, trucking companies, property owners, doctors, and others often have teams of insurance adjusters and attorneys to protect them, especially in serious injury cases. You deserve top-rated representation to fight for you.
Our award-winning attorneys have earned national recognition from leading organizations, including:
- AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Top Trial Lawyers in America by the Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Top 40 Under 40 by National Trial Lawyers Association
- Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Rising Stars
Our local personal injury lawyers know the Lenexa area and its laws, attorneys, and judges. We can paint an accurate picture of the intersection where another driver hit you or the property where you fell. Insurance adjusters and juries need to know your story, and we are the team to tell it.
At Brown & Crouppen, our attorneys are more than just legal professionals—they are part of your community. We volunteer with groups such as United Cerebral Palsy, Food Outreach, Habitat for Humanity, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and we firmly believe that everyone deserves access to top-tier legal representation.
Our Committed Legal Team Is Ready To Support You
Our team’s results and commitment to our clients have made us one of the most honored firms in the Midwest.
Managing partner Andy Crouppen grew up watching his father, co-founder Terry Crouppen, and his law partner, Ron Brown, seek justice for the injured. He fights for people with personal injury claims and their families in wrongful death cases. The National Trial Lawyers’ “Top 100 Lawyers” and Missouri Lawyers Media’s “Law Firm Leader” awards recognize how Andy impacts others’ lives.
Managing partner Ed Herman pursues justice for everyday people and educates them about their legal rights. His tireless commitment to his clients has earned him recognition from both Super Lawyers and Rue Ratings’ “Best Attorneys in America,” yet he still makes time for his other passions, like baseball and art.
Rachel Lawrence is an attorney who fights for compensation in premises liability cases and other personal injury claims. She’s recovered several six-figure settlements but still has energy to cheer for the Royals and the Chiefs.
Attorney Brett Williams graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. He handles complex personal injury claims, including securing a $10.75 million settlement in a motorcycle accident case in May 2025.
What Our Clients Say About Our Firm
At Brown & Crouppen, our clients are at the heart of everything we do. We listen to how an accident impacted their lives, help them seek treatment, and fight for every penny they deserve. Our true measure of success lies in the trust of our satisfied clients who confidently refer their loved ones to Brown & Crouppen, knowing we’ll provide the same exceptional care and commitment.
Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Lenexa
From fender-benders to fatal injuries, our Lenexa personal injury lawyers handle it all. Here are just some of the case types we routinely take on:
Car Accidents
No matter how careful you are, you may still have a crash with a driver who followed you too closely, turned in front of you, sped through a light, or whose reaction times were slowed by drugs or alcohol. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, there were 10,087 traffic accidents in Johnson County in 2023, resulting in 3,400 injuries and 24 deaths.
Our car accident lawyers have significant success in these claims, including a $365,000 settlement that attorney Richard J. Zalasky secured for a client who was the victim of a rear-end collision. Contact our Lenexa personal injury attorneys to help you file quickly to preserve evidence and maximize your claim.
Truck Accidents
Trucks often weigh 20 to 30 times more than passenger vehicles, and collisions can result in severe injuries, deaths, and property damage. Our skilled truck accident lawyers handle cases involving everything from drowsy drivers, rollovers, improper lane changes, and more.
Trucking companies must carry sizeable insurance policies under federal motor carrier laws and are generally responsible for the actions of their drivers. Significant damages and large policies often lead to contested claims. Despite the challenges these complex cases present, our attorney Tom Davis settled a trucking case for $390,000, which he called “a miracle result.”
Motorcycle Accidents
Motorcyclists have little to protect them in an accident. In 2023, there were 926 crashes involving motorcycles in Kansas, with a staggering 83% resulting in injury or death.
Victims in motorcycle accidents may face life-changing injuries such as traumatic brain injuries, fractured bones, internal bleeding, and spine and neck trauma. Our experienced motorcycle accident lawyers use meticulous evidence collection and analysis in these cases. Attorney Tom Davis settled a motorcycle accident claim for $375,000 in damages, plus a $75,000 UIM claim.
Slip and Fall Accidents
According to the CDC, unintentional falls were the number-one cause of nonfatal emergency room visits in 2023. When property owners, business owners, or other responsible parties fail to reasonably maintain their premises, they may be liable for your fall injuries.
Our Lenexa personal injury attorneys represent people who are injured due to slick floors, poorly maintained sidewalks and parking lots, and other dangerous conditions. Our attorney, Stephen L. Bishop, settled an apartment complex slip and fall claim for $637,500, despite our client’s preexisting conditions.
Workers' Compensation
In 2023, there were 24,200 reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Kansas. Another 53 workers lost their lives. Employers’ workers’ compensation insurance covers most work-related injuries and deaths. However, insurance companies don’t always act in the best interests of injured employees.
We handle all types of workers’ compensation cases, including appeals. If you were hurt on the job, our personal injury lawyers in Lenexa can review your case, gather evidence, and fight to prove that you deserve benefits that match your harm. We will also advise you if you are eligible to file a third-party lawsuit—for example, if a subcontractor, rather than your employer, was responsible for your injuries.
Dog Bite Injuries
People in Lenexa and the surrounding area are injured by dog bites and in falls after a dog chases or jumps on them. If a negligent pet owner failed to follow state or Lenexa animal control laws and you were harmed, you may be eligible to collect from their homeowners’ insurance or file a lawsuit for damages.
Dog bites can lead to lacerations and puncture wounds with a risk of infection and nerve damage. Others injured by dogs suffer broken bones, concussions, and other severe harm. Our personal injury lawyers know how to collect the evidence you need to prove that a dog or other animal owner was negligent and that you deserve damages.
Wrongful Death
Motor vehicle crashes, workplace incidents, and other accidents sometimes have tragic results. Under the Kansas wrongful death law, if your loved one could have filed a personal injury claim had they survived, you can file a wrongful death claim against the party you allege caused their death.
Our lawyers have experience in a wide range of personal injury cases, so we know how to collect critical evidence to establish liability if your loved one dies due to someone else’s negligence. We’ve secured compensation in numerous wrongful death cases, including a $7.5 million settlement recovered by attorney Tom Davis as co-counsel in a case involving a fatal altercation with a retail employee.
Damages You Can Pursue in a Lenexa Personal Injury Claim
If you were injured because of someone else’s actions, you can file a personal injury lawsuit seeking economic and non-economic damages. Your economic losses are financial, while non-economic losses are related to your psychological harm.
The damages you can seek cover short and long-term harm, and include:
- Pain and suffering
- Past and future medical expenses
- Lost wages and future earning capacity
- Rehabilitation
- Home nursing
- Loss of consortium
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Funeral costs, loss of guidance, and other wrongful death damages
A judge may allow punitive damages in Kansas in limited cases involving fraud, malice, or willful or wanton conduct. The state limits these damages to the lesser of the defendant’s gross yearly income or $5 million. If the defendant profited, you can seek 1.5 times the profit if that is higher than the general cap.
Our personal injury attorneys have significant experience calculating damages across case types. Some of our notable case results include:
- $40 million for the families of victims of a dangerous drug
- $500,000 after a rear-end car accident that pushed our client off the road
- $300,000 settlement for a slip and fall on non-compliant stairs.
How We Assist You at Every Step of Your Personal Injury Claim
Knowing when to hire a personal injury lawyer can help you avoid mistakes that can reduce your settlement. We skillfully take on tasks it is difficult for someone without significant experience to handle, supporting you at every step of the legal process, including:
Step 1: Analyze your claim. | We will review the specifics of your claim and explain your legal options. |
Step 2: Determine sources of compensation. | You may be eligible to collect from an insurance claim, a lawsuit, or both. |
Step 3: Review insurance coverage. | We will analyze your and the other party’s insurance policies to determine how to seek coverage for your losses. |
Step 4: Gather critical evidence. | Our lawyers will obtain and analyze evidence, including expert opinions and accident reconstructions when necessary. |
Step 5: Determine your damages. | Our personal injury attorneys will calculate your losses and evaluate whether you are eligible to seek punitive damages. |
Step 6: Negotiate with insurers. | We will protect your rights, fight claims that you caused your accident, and pursue a fair settlement. |
Step 7: Argue your case in court if necessary. | If the other party won’t settle fairly, we will go to court and fight for you. |
Statute of Limitations for Lenexa Personal Injury Lawsuits
A statute of limitations dictates how long you have to file a personal injury lawsuit. Under Kansas Statutes Section 60-513, the statute of limitations for personal injury claims is generally two years from the date of the accident.
The state’s personal injury statute of limitations law includes a delayed discovery rule. The time you have to file an action doesn’t start until you discover or reasonably should have discovered your harm. In most cases, that is the accident date. In other situations, such as some medical malpractice cases, you may not immediately know you have a cause of action.
The state provides limited exceptions, such as for minors under Kansas Statutes Section 60-515. Children injured in accidents generally have one year from their 18th birthday to file a suit.
Never assume that you have more than two years to file your claim. Missing the deadline could mean losing your right to compensation entirely. To protect your case, consult an experienced Lenexa personal injury lawyer as soon as possible.
Our Lenexa Personal Injury Lawyers Are Ready To Help
If you were injured due to someone else’s negligence, you deserve a chance to hold them accountable. At Brown & Crouppen, justice is our business, and we will fight for you from the minute you reach out.
Call us for a free consultation at 800-536-4357 or complete our online contact form. Our personal injury attorneys in Lenexa will explain your rights and discuss potential compensation options.
More Personal Injury FAQs
Our Lenexa personal injury lawyers are always ready and willing to answer questions and help injured people understand their options and determine their next steps.
How Much Is the Average Personal Injury Settlement?
The average personal injury settlement is just over $55,000. The severity of your injuries is the most significant determining factor in your potential damages. Other claim-specific circumstances affecting your compensation are your medical expenses and non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering.
Who May Be Liable for My Personal Injury Damages?
Depending on how your injuries occurred, liable parties in your personal injury claim may include:
- A negligent driver who failed to follow traffic laws
- A hospital or doctor, if you didn’t receive a reasonable standard of care
- A delivery or trucking company, if an employee’s negligence caused your crash
- A business owner, for failing to reasonably maintain their premises
- A product manufacturer, if a defective product harmed you
- A government agency due to dangerous property conditions or an accident with a government vehicle
- An insurer that denied or underpaid a valid workers’ compensation claim
How Much Does It Cost To Hire a Personal Injury Lawyer?
People already dealing with the financial impacts of an injury do not have to worry that they can’t afford award-winning legal representation. Our Lenexa personal injury attorneys offer free consultations and work on a contingency basis. We pay to investigate your claim and take it through the settlement process or verdict, and you only pay us if you win.
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