Year: 2018

We are proud to announce that Noah Garcia has been selected for 2018 Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars for Super Lawyers. Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes the top lawyers in Missouri and Kansas via a patented multiphase selection process involving peer nomination,...

Noah Garcia was part of the successful defense of Knight Nicastro client BNSF Railway Company on appeal in a case involving a train blocking a crossing. The appeal stemmed from a case tried by Noah last year in Chase County, Kansas. BNSF was charged with blocking a...

The firm recently attended the Kansas City Paralegal Association’s benefit for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. The Fall Social had a live silent auction and raffle prizes. Knight Nicastro donated a wine basket for the event. The KCPA raised a total of $1,600.

For the past several years, the Kansas City Paralegal Association, during its October vendor showcase, has collected teddy bears to be given out to children in crisis situations by the Kansas City Missouri Police Department. Last year, Knight Nicastro donated over 200...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Knight Nicastro, best known for its national transportation defense practice, announces a significant addition to its insurance defense group in its Kansas City office. Trial attorneys Derek MacKay, Allison Greenfield, Erik Nelson and Pamela...

Attorneys Chad Knight and Steve Williams represented BNSF in a lawsuit filed by a BNSF engineer in Missoula, Montana. The plaintiff brought claims under the FELA and the Locomotive Inspection Act alleging that he had been diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease...

Adam Detsky was recently quoted in Steve Vockrodt’s The Kansas City Star article “‘The duck boat industry is in trouble’: Two lawsuits and a criminal investigation.” In the article, Adam describes how the lack of regulation or legislation on duck boats does not give...

Noah Garcia has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Association of Kansas City: Young Lawyers Section. He will serve a two-year term from 2018 to 2020. LAKC-YLS prides itself on its commitment to its members and the community. This commitment is...

Noah Garcia has been recognized as the June honoree for the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation’s “Military Matters Pro Bono Spotlight.” The Spotlight is a monthly recognition of outstanding work by volunteer pro-bono attorneys in the KCMBF Military Matters...

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether a railroad’s payment to an employee for time lost from work is subject to employment taxes under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act (“RRTA”). The plaintiff in his FELA claim against the railroad obtained a judgment for...