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Jurors in Pettis County returned a unanimous defense verdict for a bar alleged to have overserved a patron, resulting in a deadly crash that injured a woman.
Tagged with: Jacqueline Kinder Langdon & Emison personal injury
Read More »Farming dispute judgment falls short of claimed damages
A Buchanan County judge awarded more than $17,000 to a farmer in a dispute about crop-sharing and equipment-purchase arrangements while invalidating further damages due to the nature of the deals.
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Read More »Fatal Kansas car wreck leads to $1.3M settlement
A Kansas car accident in which a woman died will leave her survivors $1.3 million in settlement payments from two insurers.
Tagged with: wrongful death
Read More »Jurors side mostly with man injured in rear-end crash
A man whose vehicle was struck from behind by a truck won nearly $1.5 million from a St. Louis jury.
Tagged with: motor-vehicle collison
Read More »Woman thrown from exercise equipment settles with hotel
A woman thrown from a piece of fitness equipment in a hotel workout room settled her case against the lodging establishment for $84,500. “The treadmill that they had there did not comply with several of the safety manual suggestions, and ...
Tagged with: premises liability
Read More »Fatal fall at bar brings regret and $1M settlement
A $1 million settlement concluded the case of a Winona man who died after a friend allegedly failed to summon help in the wake of a pre-dawn fall at a tavern. “He didn’t make a phone call, didn’t do anything,” ...
Tagged with: Salty Jack’s Bar & Grill Simon Law Firm wrongful death lawsuit
Read More »Uninsured plaintiff recovers $50,000 from defendant driver
A man injured in a rear-end collision won a $50,000 award from a St. Louis jury. “The defendant just didn’t see the car directly in front of him and smacked into him,” said plaintiff’s attorney Tarun Rana. Rana’s client, Deyon ...
Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision
Read More »Defendant gets modest liability for head-on crash
A car accident on a rural road resulted in a $10,000 judgment against a driver who claims he was blinded by oncoming headlights. “I told the jury at the outset of the trial that we’re not really here to talk ...
Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision
Read More »Jurors side slightly with man splashed by asphalt sealant
A man injured while attempting to fill a tank with asphalt sealant will take home only $1,100 in damages due to a small award and a heavy allocation of fault to the plaintiff. “The plaintiff had his own asphalt sealant ...
Tagged with: asphalt sealant McConnell & Associates Inc. Nichols Lang & Hamlin Personal Injury Case
Read More »Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District wins some claims but no money
Despite a finding of breach of contract, St. Louis County jurors rendered a mixed verdict and awarded zero dollars to the Metropolitan Sewer District in its battle with a contractor about a collapsed sewer line. Thomas J. Magee of HeplerBroom ...
Tagged with: breach of contract HeplerBroom Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Thompson Coburn
Read More »Jurors find for motorist against his own insurer, award $492,275
A St. Louis jury found nearly half a million dollars in damages for a motorist involved in a traffic accident, though the award figure was reduced to the limits of his UIM policy. According to court documents, the case stemmed ...
Tagged with: Insurance case Lieser Law Firm underinsured motorist coverage
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