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Missouri Lawyers of the Year win $358M toxic tort case [video]

For decades, Herculaneum residents lived — and breathed — in the shadow of the Doe Run lead smelter. Then, in 1994, a mother of three walked into Mark Bronson’s St. Louis law office to tell him her children were being poisoned.
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Two leave Husch Blackwell for own startup
Citing a need for lower and more flexible rates, two Husch Blackwell lawyers in Kansas City are starting their own firm.
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  A woman severely injured when her uninsured boyfriend wrecked his motorcycle has received a $400,000 insurance settlement.
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  It’s a welcome conundrum to have if you’re a plaintiff’s attorney: making your pitch to a jury for punitive damages.
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  A Franklin County jury awarded a man $1.2 million as compensation for land the Missouri Department of Transportation took to expand a state highway.
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  A woman agreed to pay a Bridgeton man $180,000 for injuries he sustained in an auto collision on Missouri 180 outside of St. Louis. The parties reached an agreement in the wake of conflicting testimony from two of the plaintiff’s attending physicians.
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  Four tow-truck drivers from Columbia reached a confidential settlement with their former employer, I-70 Towing, resolving claims that they hadn’t been paid at least the federal minimum wage.
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