Energy and Utility Litigation

Kansas City Energy Industry Litigation Attorneys

Litigation that involves companies and employees in the energy and utilities industry can be especially complex. At Rouse Hendricks German May PC, our lawyers have unique skill and experience in handling litigation involving public utility companies, wholesale energy traders, power plants, and transformer manufacturers.

Energy and utilities litigation may arise as a result of disputes with other companies in the energy industry, personal injury claims, professional liability claims, and white collar criminal charges, as well as:

• Transformer defects
• Professional malpractice
• Defective engineering design
• Construction-related issues
• Employment issues
• SEC violations
• Wholesale electricity sales

These issues are made invariably more complex when they occur in the energy and utilities industry, due to intricate and complicated utility regulation and law. We understand the regulations and law that governs the energy and utilities industry, and we are able to effectively present our clients' cases to judges and juries in a simple, easily understood manner.

Energy and Utility Litigation Lawyers

Our litigation attorneys invest the time and resources necessary to understand the case so we can best present our clients' interests in court. Our firm is exclusively dedicated to litigation, and our energy litigation work helps resolve all types of utility regulation and litigation issues. Here are some examples:

• Representation of major utility for substantial property damages arising out of explosion at coal fired electric generating power plant
• Representation of major utility in dispute involving wholesale electricity sales under FERC tariff
• Representation of individual energy trader as plaintiff in claim against energy company employer involving commissions
• Representation of large manufacturing company as large user of electricity against utility in administrative rate-making proceedings
• Representation of natural gas trader in connection with federal grand jury investigation of market manipulation and price-fixing

The following are some of the recently published cases in the energy industry in which the firm was involved:

• Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc., 2007 WL 2909120 (W.D. Mo. 2007)
• City of Chanute, Kansas v. Kansas Gas & Elec. Co. and Westar Energy, Inc., 2007 WL 1041763 (D. Kan. 2007)
• Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp. v. Framatome ANP, Inc., 416 F. Supp. 2d 1081 (D. Kan. 2006)
• Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Bibb & Associates, Inc. 197 S.W. 3d 147 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006)
• Kansas Industrial Consumers v. Kansas Corporation Commission, 42 P.3d 110 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002)
• Kansas Municipal Gas Agency v. Vesta Energy Co., Inc., 843 F. Supp. 1401 (D. Kan. 1994)

We have significant experience and unique insight into energy and utilities litigation that can help resolve your legal disputes quickly and efficiently. Call us at (816) 471-7700. Put our more than 30 years of experience and skill to work for your company.