A Buchanan County jury declined to award damages to an employee whose arm was severed in a machinery accident. The jury found no fault for the employee’s product liability and negligence claims against the company that designed and installed the ...
Read More »Boat mechanic’s family settles suit over death
The family of a boat mechanic who suffocated after being trapped by an outboard motor has settled a wrongful death case against a marine dealer for $2 million. An investigation into the accident set the stage for compensatory damages. It ...
Read More »Phantom-driver claim settles for $150,000
A motorist injured in a collision allegedly involving a phantom driver has recovered $150,000 in stackable uninsured motorist coverage. The parties settled before suit was filed. “It is becoming increasingly tough to get insurance companies to pay six-figures in non-operated ...
Read More »Patron beaten outside restaurant settles case
A patron severely beaten outside a Kansas City restaurant settled his Jackson County negligent security case against the restaurant and its night manager. The settlement amount and defendants’ identities are subject to a confidentiality agreement. The case involved a restaurant ...
Read More »Eminent domain case nets $1.4M verdict
After a commissioners’ award of $605,000 for condemned property in Branson, a trial of exceptions resulted in a $1.48 million verdict from a Taney County jury. New Jersey residents Peter and Ramona Ricciardi purchased a 7-acre commercial tract with frontage ...
Read More »Jury favors injured man in product liability suit
A federal jury in St. Louis returned a $510,000 verdict for an employee at an auto parts company in his product liability suit against the manufacturer of a grinding machine. The jury allocated 35 percent fault to the plaintiff, reducing ...
Read More »Jury rejects negligence claims in fatal accident
A Jasper County jury rejected negligence claims stemming from a fatal machinery accident. The decedent’s family had claimed a salvage company owner who loaned heavy equipment to the decedent was at fault for the accident. Michael Ellis Sr., 72, was ...
Read More »Three-car collision case settles in Clay County
A motorist sandwiched between a tow truck and another car in a three-vehicle collision has settled her Clay County case against the other drivers for $890,000. Barbara Tucker, 71, was driving a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis south on U.S. 69 ...
Read More »Injured motorcyclist settles against speeder
A motorcyclist injured in a collision with a pickup truck agreed to settle for $628,254 before suit was filed in Johnson County, Kan. “To overcome the forces that make Johnson County one of the most difficult venues for plaintiffs, we ...
Read More »Engineering firm cleared of professional negligence
A Jackson County jury returned a verdict in favor of an engineering firm on professional negligence and breach of contract claims brought by Kansas City over a redesigned filtering system at a wastewater plant. Kansas City’s Water Services Department owns ...
Read More »Former bank customer’s award sliced to $126.81
Following a bank president’s criminal conviction for bank fraud, a former customer brought civil claims against the bank for negligent hiring, retention and supervision. But a jury in Randolph County was not convinced. It found the former customer 99 percent ...
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