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An Illinois body-shop owner injured in a February 2018 rear-end collision settled a claim with the other driver as well as her own insurer for a total of $500,000. Shelly A. Robke of Germantown, Illinois, suffered back and spinal injuries ...

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A former northeast Missouri city administrator and police chief who alleged that age discrimination and retaliation by elected leaders cost him those jobs was awarded nearly $800,000 by a St. Charles County judge and jury. Robert Jenne, 68, was city ...

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A woman who suffers from a speech impediment after a dental procedure gone awry won $2.5 million in damages from a St. Louis County jury. Christina Bojorquez sued Dr. Thomas O’Keefe and his dental practice in 2016 for her injuries ...

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A 32-year-old motorist injured in a four-car collision on Interstate 64 in St. Louis County settled a lawsuit against a Cape Girardeau-based company and its employee for $350,000. Manohar Prathipati of Creve Couer was stopped in traffic on the innermost ...

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A faulty smoke detector at an Independence rental house led to a $1.6 million settlement for the mother of a 5-year-girl killed in a 2017 fire that broke out in the family’s first day at their new home. Tiffanie Burcham, ...

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A Bates County man and his mother, both injured in a collision that killed a driver who hit their car head-on, settled an uninsured motorist lawsuit against their own insurer for a total of $320,000. Gene Allen Morris, 53, and ...

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Friends, colleagues and legal adversaries know better than to underestimate Ferne Wolf, a leader in plaintiff’s employment and discrimination law in Missouri and Illinois. So do the judges on the Missouri Supreme Court, where she’s successfully argued some of the ...

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As president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Ken Vuylsteke was duty-bound to serve the profession. And though his days of commuting to Jefferson City to lobby and testify are over, he continues to serve the profession as a ...

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Credit a South Dakota intercollegiate rivalry, former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and the lure of rural life for Kevin Roberts’ lengthy stint as both small-town lawyer and civic leader in Hillsboro. Roberts grew up on a beef cattle farm and ...

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Retired St. Louis Family Court Commissioner Anne-Marie Clarke carved out a career of firsts: first African American member of The Missouri Bar Board of Governors, first African American woman to serve on the city Board of Police Commissioners, and first ...

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The mother of a 34-year-old woman with cerebral palsy who died after breaking her leg at a central Missouri assisted-living center settled a suit against the owners for $325,000. Jessica Bowers had been in the care of Pierce Home in ...

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