A state appeals court put its seal of approval on a $60 million settlement between investors and brokerage firm A.G. Edwards Inc.
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A Cape Girardeau judge ruled today that the parents of a woman found dead in August Busch IV’s home last year can’t join the lawsuit as parties.
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Lawyers for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. agreed today to pay a $4 million jury verdict in a lawsuit over the death of a 10-year-old girl.
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A hearing is set for this afternoon in Cape Girardeau on the settlement of a wrongful death suit brought by the son of a woman who died in August Busch IV’s home late last year.
Continue reading...Monday, May 2, 2011
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Attorneys for A.G. Edwards will defend a settlement worth tens of millions of dollars Wednesday in appeals court.
Continue reading...Thursday, April 21, 2011
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An Ohio-based company will pay $8 million in a settlement with the United States on claims that it improperly paid a Kansas City-area pharmacy to buy prescription drugs, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release.
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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August Busch IV has agreed to settle for $1.5 million a wrongful death suit brought by the son of a woman who died at Busch’s home last year, the child’s lawyer said today.
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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When a legal secretary and her former employer took their chances on an open-ended workers’ compensation settlement, neither party knew how much the final payout could be. In addition to an $85,000 lump sum, the Kansas City law firm and its insurance provider left the amount Stephanie Meyer-Linquist would receive for lifelong medical expenses in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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A university and the federal government have agreed to resolve a lawsuit over taxing medical residents. Saint Louis University sued the U.S. government last fall alleging it overpaid $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes from 1995 through March 2005. Several other teaching medical programs have made similar claims, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which sued [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 4, 2010
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A trial scheduled to begin today against City Museum in St. Louis instead has settled. A Kansas City family sued after a boy fell from a jungle gym and broke his skull. The defendants were City Museum, its founder Robert Cassilly and the museum’s architect, Klitzing Welsch & Associates. Lawrence Grebel, an attorney for the [...]
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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