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Sarah S. Ruane

  816.701.1123
  sruane@wcllp.com

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Sarah Ruane focuses her practice on commercial litigation, personal injury, and professional liability. She has extensive trial experience and has successfully tried cases to verdict in Missouri and Kansas.

Most recently, Sarah successfully argued before the Missouri Supreme Court in Wanda Mayes, et al., v. Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, et al. Case No. SC93012. Her prior appellate victories include the Kansas Court of Appeals decision Brooke R. Hollan v. Dan L. Gehlbach, M.D., Case No. 103,226.

Sarah is also active in the Kansas City community. She sits on the board of Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance on behalf of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and just finished her term as public service chair and board member for the Lawyers Association of Kansas City – Young Lawyers Section. She also holds a position as a board member of Crittenton Children’s Center.

Sarah grew up in Kansas City. After graduating from Wake Forest University in 2003, she returned home and received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2006. Sarah and her husband, Thomas, have two daughters, Mary Kate and Annie.

SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATIONS

Some representative results that Sarah has obtained on behalf of clients include the following:

$1.5 Million Nursing Home Wrongful Death Verdict
Tom Wagstaff, Jr. and Sarah Ruane teamed with Brad Kuhlman of Kuhlman & Lucas, LLC, to represent the surviving son of an 88-year-old nursing home resident.
Read about this case.

Defense Verdict – Alleged Failure to Diagnose and Treat Tubo-Ovarian Abscess during Pregnancy
Brandon Henry and Sarah Ruane successfully defended our client, a local obstetrician/gynecologist, in a jury trial in which the plaintiffs made claims of alleged failure to diagnose and treat an infectious process in a patient.
Read about this case.

Defense Verdict – Alleged Failure to Timely Diagnose Stroke
Marc Erickson and Sarah Ruane successfully defended our client, a neurologist, in a jury trial in Jackson County, Missouri. The plaintiff suffered a stroke while she was in the hospital recovering from cardiac bypass surgery, and there was no argument that the stroke should have been prevented. The primary issues at trial were the timing of the stroke and whether any healthcare provider should have diagnosed and treated it sooner.
Read about this case.

PRACTICE AREAS

Injury & Wrongful Death
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Home Injuries/Abuse
Product Liability
Class Actions
Business Disputes
Antitrust Litigation
Securities & Investments Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Kansas School of Law, 2006
B.A., Wake Forest University, 2003

HONORS & AWARDS

Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 S
20 in their Twenties, Ingram’s Magazine

ADMISSIONS

Kansas
Missouri
U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Missouri Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
Lawyers Association of Kansas City – Young Lawyers Section
Johnson County Bar Association

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4740 Grand Avenue, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64112

Phone: (816) 701-1100
Fax: (816) 531-2372
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Wagstaff & Cartmell, LLP

4740 Grand Avenue, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64112

Phone: (816) 701-1100
Fax: (816) 531-2372
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