Devkota Law Firm operates out of Wichita, Kansas the largest city in the state and the seat of Sedgwick County. Lead attorney Tarak Alexander Devkota, Esq. has recovered millions for injury victims across Kansas and Missouri over 27 years. We take cases from Wichita, Derby, Andover, Haysville, Park City, Goddard, and communities throughout Sedgwick County and south-central Kansas.
Wichita sits at the intersection of I-35, I-135, and K-96. The Kellogg corridor (US-54/400) carries more than 100,000 vehicles per day through the city. Commercial and industrial operations aviation manufacturing, oil and gas, meatpacking, agriculture, logistics drive the local economy and produce workplace injuries, truck collisions, and premises liability claims year-round. High-traffic intersections along Kellogg, Rock Road, Webb Road, and Tyler Road generate car and motorcycle accidents daily.
When you hire a personal injury attorney in Wichita at Devkota Law Firm, you get a local office, direct access to your attorney, and a legal team that knows the Sedgwick County District Court, the local insurance adjusters, and the Kansas statutes that control your claim.
The two-year deadline under K.S.A. 60-513 passes while you are still treating, and the right to file is permanently lost
The at-fault driver's insurer makes a low offer before you reach maximum medical improvement, and you sign a release that closes the claim forever
The insurer shift's fault onto you under K.S.A. 60-258a if your assigned fault reaches 50%, Kansas bars all recovery
A third-party liability claim exists against a trucking company, property owner, or product manufacturer, and you never file it because no one identified it
K.S.A. 60-513 Statute of Limitations. Kansas gives you two years from the date of the accident to file a personal injury lawsuit. This deadline applies to car crashes, truck collisions, motorcycle accidents, slip and fall injuries, dog bites, and other negligence-based claims filed in Sedgwick County District Court. Miss the deadline and the court will dismiss your case regardless of how strong your evidence is. Two years is shorter than the five-year Missouri deadline under RSMo 516.120 if your accident occurred near the state line, which state's law applies to your claim can change the outcome.
K.S.A. 60-258a Modified Comparative Fault. Kansas compares the fault of the injured person against the defendant's fault. Your damages are reduced by your percentage of faults. The critical threshold: if a jury finds you 50% or more at fault, you recover nothing. Insurance adjusters in Wichita use this statute aggressively. After a rear-end collision, they argued the lead driver stopped suddenly. After a slip and fall, they argued the plaintiff saw the hazard and walked through it anyway. Your Wichita personal injury attorney must counter these arguments with police reports, witness testimony, surveillance footage, and expert analysis before the insurer's version of events hardens into the record.
K.S.A. 60-19a01 and Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd. (2019). The Kansas Supreme Court struck down the statutory cap on non-economic damages for general personal injury cases in Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd., 310 Kan. 1 (2019), ruling the cap violated the right to a jury trial under the Kansas Constitution. After Hilburn, there is no statutory ceiling on pain and suffering damages in most Wichita personal injury cases. The exception is medical malpractice, where the cap under K.S.A. 60-19a02 remains in effect following Miller v. Johnson (2012).
K.S.A. 40-3104 Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage. Kansas requires insurance companies to offer uninsured and underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage with every auto policy. If the at-fault driver in your Wichita accident had no insurance or insufficient coverage, your own UM/UIM policy may cover the gap. Your insurer is not on your side in this claim they will dispute the severity of your injuries and the value of your damages the same way the at-fault driver's insurer would.
If your accident happened on Kellogg, K-96, or I-35 within Wichita city limits, traffic camera footage and Kansas Department of Transportation sensor data may exist. This footage is not preserved indefinitely. Your attorney must send a spoliation letter a written demand to preserve evidence to KDOT and the City of Wichita within days of the accident. Once the footage is overwritten, it is gone permanently.
