Overview
John Brigg is a trial lawyer that looks forward to trying cases before a jury. His entire career has been in the trial arena, and he has tried a wide range of cases including products liability, automobile accidents, construction, trucking, insurance coverage, and defense of first-party insurance lawsuits in both federal and state courts in Missouri and Kansas. He also has extensive appellate experience, including arguing before the Missouri and Kansas Supreme Court, resulting is excellent results for his clients at the Appellate level.
John’s more recent trials have resulted in a directed verdict for his contractor client based on the acceptance doctrine, successful defense of a client sued for fraud, conversion and violation of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act and successful defense of a tenant sued by its landlord and accused of negligently starting a fire leading fire damage to the warehouse.
John is an active member in the Volunteer Attorney Project, Kansas Association of Defense Counsel and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.
Recent Results
In $36,000,000 fire case Jury Awards Zero Damages
Joe Roper and John Brigg represented a corporation who provided foam insulation services to a cave warehousing operation when a fire broke out allegedly causing $36,000,000 in damages to the warehousing operation. An employee of Joe’s client parked …
Court directs verdict for WWBH client on basis of Acceptance Doctrine
In 2022, Joe Roper and John Brigg successfully represented a small business who performed striping services as a part of a renovation of the parking lot at North Kansas City Hospital and had completed the job. Later the plaintiff, who had delivered a …
Professional Affiliations
- Volunteer Attorney Project
- Kansas Association of Defense Counsel
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Practices
Education
- Northeast Missouri State University, B.S. and B.A., 1994
- University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1997
Bar Admissions
- Kansas Bar
- Missouri Bar
- United States District Court—District of Kansas
- United States District Court—Western District of Missouri