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A college student who broke his neck as a passenger in a 2017 car accident caused by a passing tractor-trailer truck in northwest Missouri has settled a pair of insurance claims for $229,000. Plaintiff John Chisam Jr. was injured while ...

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision

Three members of a Clay County family injured in a rear-end collision have settled a liability claim with the responsible driver’s insurer for a total of $500,000. Tammy S. Shaver, 55, of Pleasant Valley, was driving her son Sean’s 2007 ...

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A Kansas City woman who was injured in an April 2017 collision has settled a liability claim with the other driver for $100,000. Her preteen son additionally received slightly more than $4,000. Tiffany Wallgren was driving her 2007 Dodge Charger ...

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A St. Charles County jury sided with a pickup-truck driver sued by two athletes who claimed that injuries from a rear-end collision curtailed their chances at professional sports careers. The case later settled after a judge granted a new trial. ...

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision Verdicts & Settlements

A motorcyclist planning a Navy career has received a $1.25 million settlement after colliding with a vehicle even though he faced several charges in relation to the crash in St. Louis County. Motorcyclist Troy William Moore, 20, of Eureka, broke ...

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision St. Louis County Verdicts & Settlements

The family of Union Pacific railroad worker killed in a Kansas City-area rail yard in 2015 has settled a liability lawsuit against the company for $2.4 million. Troy Jordan’s widow sued the company in St. Louis County Circuit Court on ...

A southwest Missouri man whose car was hit in a rear-end collision while it was stopped at a Nixa intersection has settled a liability claim with the other driver for $30,500. According to a January demand letter provided by Branson ...

A 19-year-old woman who was shot in the leg when a handgun accidentally discharged at a south St. Louis County home on New Year’s Eve has settled a liability claim with the homeowner’s insurer for $300,000. Mikayla Link of St. ...

A motorist who suffered spinal damage after a T-bone collision in Chesterfield with a van driver whom police said ran a red light has settled a negligence lawsuit for $850,000. John S. Parker, 53, of St. Louis, was driving his ...

A disabled North Carolina woman who tore her rotator cuff after falling out of a wheelchair at Kansas City International Airport has reached a $100,000 settlement against the airport vendor whose employee enlisted another passenger to help. Priscilla Hudson, 47, ...

A 19-year-old woman who was shot in the leg when a handgun accidentally discharged at a south St. Louis County home on New Year’s Eve has settled a liability claim with the homeowner’s insurer for $300,000. Mikayla Link of St. ...