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A Kansas City woman who was injured by an Overland Park, Kansas, driver in a rear-end collision received a $40,000 award from Jackson County jurors. “It was on icy roads,” said Jared Rose, who represented the plaintiff. “My client was ...

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A claim of negligent entrustment helped to secure a $1.15 million settlement in a crash involving two college students and a car owned by one of their fathers. “My guy was driving a car around a curve when a BMW ...

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A St. Louis area man injured in a car accident won a $200,000 jury award. The defendant, Daniel Jinson, went to change lanes and drove into the driver’s side door of plaintiff Juan Contreras — “just a sideswipe kind of ...

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A St. Louis accident left a man with elbow injuries and a $250,000 verdict against the driver of a box truck. “It was a pretty good crash,” said Ben Sansone of Sansone & Lauber. “The box truck actually flipped over.” ...

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A rural Missouri jury decided that the City of Eldon was not responsible for the death of a teenager who drowned in a local drainage culvert. “There were no guards or railings around it, nothing that would have prevented a ...

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A woman who claimed a traffic accident was partially responsible for injuries she suffered a day later in a gym class won just $5,000 from a Jefferson County jury. The suit later settled for $7,500 while on appeal. Defendant Benjamin ...

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Location: St. Louis Practice Area(s): Intellectual property, media law Law School: University of Missouri Whether she is negotiating a multimillion-dollar software license agreement or managing a trademark portfolio for a major telecommunications company, Jennifer Visintine applies one important rule. “Treat ...

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Location: Kansas City Practice Area(s): Real estate development, public finance Law School: Emory University Judd Treeman says that if he hadn’t been a lawyer, he might have just as easily been a philosophy professor, a theoretical physicist or a fishing ...

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Location: Kansas City Practice Area(s): Civil defense litigation, with emphasis in financial services and commercial disputes Law School: University of Missouri Megan Stumph-Turner advises young lawyers to never lose what is unique about their experiences, their background and their personality. ...

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Location: Kansas City Practice Area(s): Commercial litigation, insurance coverage Law School: University of Missouri-Kansas City Tyler Scott still recalls fondly the first time he won a motion for summary judgement. “I’ll always remember that feeling,” he said of the judge’s ...

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Location: St. Louis Practice Area(s): Municipal government, public education Law School: Saint Louis University Allison Scime once wanted to be a marine biologist — until she discovered she was afraid of fish. Fortunately, she had no fear of the courtroom. ...

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