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Brain-damaged teen collects insurance payouts for wreck
A teenager who suffered brain damage in a car crash received a total of $1.275 million from two insurers, according to his attorney.
Jury rejects claim after slip-and-fall in Arnold lot
In the US, slip and fall accidents lawsuits are becoming more and more common nowadays, but a jury deliberated 19 minutes before rejecting a woman’s $840,000 claim against the city of Arnold after she fell in a city parking lot. The unanimous verdict came Jan. 16 after a two-day trial. Cynthia Rudder claimed she slipped […]
Parents of toddlers abused at Kansas daycare win $350,000 at trial
A jury awarded $350,000 to families of toddlers whom eyewitnesses said were abused at an Emporia State University-run daycare center. The unanimous verdict against the school and its daycare director came in less than three hours after a six-day trial in Lyons County, Kansas, District Court. The case stems from the director and school failing […]
Family wins suit for chef’s post-surgery death
The family of a chef to celebrities and a U.S. president won $1 million for his death after a post-operative emergency room visit. Marcel Bonetti, 73, was head chef of the Pro Bass Shops in Springfield and then personal chef for the company’s founder, Johnny Morris. Bonetti died in October 2016 after surgery for an […]
$7.7M verdict in birth injuries case triggers settlement
A jury delivered a medical malpractice verdict of more than $7.68 million to a mother and her son whose brain was damaged by forceps during his August 2016 birth. The Jasper County jury decision found Dr. Larry Clark and Freeman Health Systems liable for negligence in the case brought by Mary Hunt, 28, and on […]
Ford Motor Co. wins at trial in asbestos-death case
Ford Motor Co. won a defense verdict in the asbestos-related death of a former brake worker. The company was the last of 60 defendants named in a suit involving the death of Robert Hare, an attorney for Ford, Brita Cantrell of McAfee & Taft, wrote in a case summary submitted to Missouri Lawyers Media. Hare, […]
Man run over in bar fight wins and loses in verdict
A man run over in a closing-time bar fight won a $5 million verdict, but he lost most of it because a Greene County jury found him at fault for his injuries. Both plaintiffs and defendant declared victories of a sort. Plaintiff Igor Misyuk, 26, received only 10 percent of the more than $5 million […]
Jury rejects family’s medical claim in death of mother
A St. Louis County jury rejected a medical-malpractice claim for a woman’s death after surgery to fix her pacemaker. Sandra Watson, 59, underwent surgery to replace a generator on her pacemaker on Nov. 18, 2010. Her heart stopped during surgery after her blood pressure plummeted so low that she experienced hypotension, or abnormally low blood […]
Man wins award in complaint against broker
A Springfield man won a $300,000 award from a federal arbitration panel on claims his broker ravaged his $1 million nest egg with high-risk investments. The award came after a five-day hearing before an arbitration panel that operates through the Financial Investment Regulatory Authority, or FINRA. Tom Netzer, 79, filed a complaint against Moloney Securities […]
Plaintiff nets nothing after jury faults her for injuries
A woman who slipped on a church’s steps won a $10,000 verdict but took home no damages after the panel found her 90 percent at fault and insurance payments she had already received were deducted from the award. Kimberly Henderson, 56, slipped on icy steps and broke her ankle at St. Charles Presbyterian Church in […]
Jury rejects claim in teens’ 2011 highway car accident
St. Louis County jurors took only two hours to reject a request that they award $1.6 million to a teen who was severely injured in a 2011 car wreck. The verdict came after a three-day trial and following the kansas city ticket law. The negligence case was brought by plaintiff Elizabeth Campanella, who was 16 […]
Woman struck by truck in severe storm wins settlement
A woman reached a $1 million settlement after a tractor-trailer struck the rear of her pickup truck in July 2016. Kathleen Reagan, then 30, was driving through Charleston, Missouri, on Interstate 57 during a severe storm when a tractor-trailer driven by Vladimir Zmeu hit her vehicle. Zmeu was employed by CRC Transport LLC. The $1 […]
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