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Jury sides with Boone County businesses in student housing contract case
A Boone County jury awarded $34M in a breach of contract and fraud case involving a Columbia student housing complex, finding Marcus & Millichap hid key financial facts.
Jury finds for plaintiff in crash at intersection
A Jackson County jury has awarded slightly more than a quarter-million dollars to a 34-year-old Lee’s Summit woman injured in an April 2018 motor vehicle collision.
Jury sides with defense in construction breach of contract lawsuit
A northern Missouri jury has sided with a Trenton construction company in a Grundy County breach of contract lawsuit filed by a nonprofit women’s shelter over what it alleged was subpar work.
Collision with farm equipment leads to settlement for injured motorists
A pair of northwest Missouri siblings hurt in a 2024 collision with a John Deere self-propelled farm sprayer have each received seven-figure insurance payments to settle a civil lawsuit.
Crash victim with serious injuries settles for $23M with other driver’s insurance providers
A Warrensburg man who suffered permanent brain injury after a 2022 motor vehicle collision has settled a claim with the other driver’s insurers for $23 million.
Butcher hurt by collision with cow settles with owner — a UM Board of Curators member
A northwest Missouri butcher injured in a May 2022 motor vehicle collision with a wayward cow has settled a seven-figure insurance claim with the cow's owner — former U.S. prosecutor and Missouri GOP chairman Todd Graves.
Jury awards elderly man in suit against store, despite comparable fault
A St. Louis County jury awarded $225K to a 78-year-old Missouri man after finding him and QuikTrip equally liable in a 2021 slip-and-fall case.
Driver involved in crash with Postal Service van settles for $3M
A Johnson County man secured a $3 million settlement under the Federal Tort Claims Act after a USPS driver caused a 2022 crash in Missouri.
Settlement in workplace accident reached through mediation prior to trial
A Bates County man secured a $1M settlement in a Kansas City premises liability case after suffering a traumatic brain injury at a warehouse.
Deadly intersection in Johnson County cited in deaths, resulting in arbitration awards
In a pair of wrongful death lawsuits involving fatal motor vehicle collisions, an arbitration panel recently awarded more than $4M in damages to the plaintiffs, before adjustments.
Construction worker injured at mini golf site settles personal injury suit
A contractor injured in a 2022 construction site accident at a St. Louis County miniature golf course has settled a personal injury lawsuit against a Texas contractor for $750,000.
Jury sides with defense in med mal case that resulted in death
A Jackson County jury sided with a Kansas City surgery center in a medical malpractice case over a patient’s 2023 death following bowel surgery.
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