Parties settle suit over Boone County accident 
A settlement of $550,000 was agreed upon in a case involving a motor vehicle accident with a 22-year-old student at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
Popcorn suit verdict goes to the defendant
Courts have let the air out of key attempts to sue the Omaha, Neb.-based manufacturer of Act II Popcorn over the controversial use of a butter flavoring.
State Board of Education settles suit in federal case
A couple who sued Missouri’s State Board of Education over the treatment their disabled son received in a state-run school has settled the case in federal court.
Settlement reached in dram shop suit
An establishment that served alcohol to a visibly intoxicated man settled a lawsuit with a woman the man hit while driving home.
Fire district must pay two female firefighters
The results were mixed for four women who claimed they were discriminated against at a St. Louis-area fire department.
Worker wins verdict in failure-to-warn action
A Monroe County jury found that plaintiff’s on-the-job injuries were primarily the result of the inadequate protective clothing selected by his employer’s parent company.
Wal-Mart settles suit over gender discrimination
A former female manager received a confidential settlement amount from retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Melissa Callen filed a gender discrimination lawsuit after she was fired for gross misconduct. She asserted that the retailer engaged in a pattern of gender discrimination and regularly fired longtime female managers in Missouri.
Callen was a 15-year employee of Wal-Mart and [...]
‘Doc prep’ settlement includes a donation
A claim that a Kansas City-area dealership charged an illegal “document preparation fee” to car buyers ended in an $8.8 million settlement, including a $100,000 donation to a local Legal Aid organization.
The settlement was the first reached in several lawsuits in Missouri claiming car dealers have participated in the “unauthorized practice of law” by charging [...]
Restaurant settles dram shop lawsuit
A teenage brother and sister were driving home from a high school basketball game in February 2008 when an intoxicated driver hit them.
The siblings, a 14-year-old male and a 19-year-old female, left a high school basketball game around 9 p.m.
The drunken driver had just left a local restaurant, where he had consumed a large amount [...]
Plaintiff wins in suit over wrongful foreclosure
What was intended as the space for Glen Beal’s ideal law office in Lee’s Summit now is a grassy vacant lot with ample empty parking stalls.
The accountant-attorney trying to break out of an expanding practice he’d run out of his home since 1996 used to see dollar signs in the prime office park spot along [...]
Insurer settles case over accident injuries
After an 81-year-old man hit attorney Charles Vaughn’s vehicle at the intersection of Route 130 and North Street in Crooked Creek, Ill., Vaughn struggled to receive compensation for permanent injuries he suffered from the impact.
The 81-year-old man failed to obey a red light and T-boned Vaughn’s car in the intersection.
When the vehicle struck his car, [...]
Judge rules in bank’s favor over fraud suit
A judgment of $1.6 million was entered in favor of a bank on an alter ego and fraudulent misrepresentation lawsuit.
Union Planters Bank loaned $2 million to Healthstyle Products International Inc. in 1998. To secure its obligation, the company executed a promissory note and a loan agreement.
In the fall of 2001, the company was approached about [...]
Agreement reached in inmate’s death
The family of a woman who died in a Greene County jail reached a $250,000 settlement with the county and with local officials.
According to the lawsuit, Shelly Lea Compton was taken into custody Jan. 23, 2008. She died six days later of septic shock and respiratory problems stemming from bilateral pneumonia.
The suit, filed by her [...]
Parties settle lawsuit over pellet gun injuries
Cynthia Hawkins received a $335,000 settlement on behalf of her child, who sustained serious injuries after being shot in the neck by a pellet gun.
Football team settles suit over fan’s injuries
A 270-pound Raiders fan’s penchant for beating up Chiefs’ tailgaters prompted a second settlement with the Kansas City team’s parent company.
Man reaches settlement after car-bus accident
An 80-year-old man hurt when a school bus collided with the car he was driving has reached a $600,000 settlement.
Jury finds for plaintiffs in legal malpractice suit
A tax attorney being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice was ordered to pay former clients more than $165,000 in a separate case.
Property owners win eminent domain suit
A brother and sister who were originally told they’d get nothing for their condemned Maryland Heights property received a $1.8 million jury verdict in the city’s suit against them in July.
Jackson County trucking accident parties settle
A Lee’s Summit man received $5.9 million in a confidential settlement after he was injured in a collision with a tractor-trailer.
Trucking accident case settles after five years
A truck driver’s delay in getting new brakes cost the company dearly. Timothy J. Owen will receive $6.5 million after his motorcycle was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer that was leased by Allied Systems Ltd. on May 1, 2005.
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