Free Newsletter
Recent Articles from Alan Scher Zagier
Jaywalking pedestrian struck by driver in Kirkwood settles for $736,250
A St. Louis County pedestrian who was struck by a car while trying to cross Manchester Road in Kirkwood two years ago has reached a $730,250 settlement at mediation with the responsible driver.
Jury sides with orthodontist in medical malpractice lawsuit
A federal jury in Springfield swiftly rejected a southeast Kansas woman’s medical malpractice lawsuit over orthodontic treatment she received as a teen following a softball injury that knocked out her left front tooth.
Kansas jury awards $1.4 million in slip-and-fall damages
A Liberty man injured in a 2020 New Year’s Eve slip-and-fall at a University of Kansas Medical Center parking garage in suburban Kansas City has been awarded $1.4 million in damages by a Wyandotte County, Kansas jury.
Mother settles lawsuit for $1M in liquor store shooting death of her son
The mother of a 29-year-old man shot to death in November 2022 by a Kansas City convenience store clerk has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the clerk’s employer for $1 million.
Pedestrian hit by driver in Kansas City settles for $1.25 million
The family of a 44-year-old Kansas City man injured in October 2023 after being hit by a car while crossing a downtown street has settled a claim with the responsible driver’s insurer for $1.25 million.
Jury sides with defense in lawsuit over alleged asbestos exposure
A Jackson County jury has rejected a Kansas City woman’s toxic tort lawsuit over a 2019 mesothelioma diagnosis that she linked to asbestos exposure while working at a prominent office building in the late 1970s.
Father settles for $14M in wrongful death suit against former state foster care contractor
The father of a 3-year-girl killed by her mother’s boyfriend while in legal custody of the state has reached a $14M wrongful death settlement in Jefferson County with Great Circle, a former state foster care case management contractor.
Jury rejects legal malpractice suit against St. Louis law firm
A St. Louis County jury has rejected a legal malpractice suit filed by a bankruptcy trustee for a shuttered dental practice against Danna McKittrick P.C. and one of its attorneys.
Jury awards nearly a half-million dollars in sex discrimination case in Topeka
In a case handled by a pair of Missouri plaintiffs’ firms, a federal jury in the District of Kansas awarded nearly half-a-million dollars to two female Topeka police administrators who alleged sex discrimination.
Sexual assault by apartment maintenance tech leads to $14M settlement
A Missouri woman has reached a $14 million confidential settlement with the owner of an apartment building and its property manager following a sexual assault by a maintenance technician who used a master key to break into her residence.
$2.1M settlement reached in lawsuit over drunk driving death
The widow of a St. Louis County motorist killed by a drunk driver traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 70 has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against a Kirkwood bar for $2.1 million — with responsibility for $1 million of that amount still in dispute.
Jury sides with university in motor vehicle accident involving pedestrian
A city of St. Louis jury has rejected a premises liability lawsuit against Saint Louis University filed by a county resident who was struck by a car while on her way to a men’s basketball game at Chaifetz Arena in 2016.
Latest Opinion Digests
- Criminal Law-Second-Degree Rape-Sufficiency of Evidence
- Criminal Law-Witness Tampering-Sufficiency of Evidence
- Criminal Law-Post-Conviction Relief-Abandonment by Counsel
- Criminal Law-Filing Criminal Charges-Attorney General Aid
- Criminal Law-Civil Commitment-Sexually Violent Predator
- Criminal Law-Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Real Property-Prescriptive Easement-Public Right of Way
Legal Tech
- AI in practice: How new technology is affecting litigation practice
- Experts foresee legal malpractice risk for those who eschew AI
- Legal Decoder launches AI-powered billing analytics interface
Top stories
- 8th Circuit dismisses Liberty Mutual appeal over remand order in Missouri
- Elderly couple injured in collision settles with insurer
- 8th Circuit rejects tribal school funding appeal
- 8th Circuit reverses shoreline use permit revocation
- Missouri Bar committee seeks input on rural legal service gaps
- Appeals court orders new look at conversion therapy case following Supreme Court ruling
- Jury finds seat belt maker liable in $40.5M child injury case
- Injured motorist recovers policy limits, plus medical damages in under a year
