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A federal jury in southern Illinois unanimously ordered Southern Illinois Asphalt Co. to pay nearly $8.17 million to a family related to the deaths of their father and grandfather in a 2005 wreck. Liliya Turubchuck and her family, of Washington, ...

Tagged with: Negligent representation

A female patient who alleged she suffered permanent injuries to her hand from a post-surgical blood clot reached an $800,000 out-of-court settlement with a Missouri hospital, according to her attorney. After undergoing heart surgery, the patient received an arterial line, ...

Tagged with: medical malpractice

Kansas City jurors awarded a majority of the fault to the local government in a matter involving a leaking water main and injuries suffered by a fall in a crosswalk. “There had been, I think, at least eight complaint calls ...

Tagged with: premises liability

A 2015 traffic accident in the Kansas City area which left one person dead resulted in a $775,000 settlement due to a damaged safety device along the roadway. “They knew it was broken, and they should have fixed it sooner,” ...

Tagged with: wrongful death

An employee who alleged that he was forced to leave his job after reporting safety problems reached a $2 million settlement, according to his attorney. J.C. Pleban of Pleban & Petruska in St. Louis said the safety issues the plaintiff ...

Tagged with: employment

A plaintiff who alleged negligence by a doctor during spinal surgery reached a $425,000 settlement, according to the plaintiff’s attorney. Brent A. Sumner of the Sumner Law Group in St. Louis said the defendant doctor allegedly malpositioned the screws during ...

Tagged with: medical malpractice

A woman who sustained multiple injuries to her neck and back after being run off the road by another semi-truck on Interstate 44 in Missouri settled for $750,000 with the driver of the vehicle and his employer, according to the ...

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision

An Independence woman injured in a two-car collision in March 2017 has settled a liability claim against the other driver for $100,000. Mikayla C. Oliphant, who was 23 at the time, suffered damage to her right wrist and hand, and ...

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision

A man whose classic car was hit from behind will take home an award of more than $41,000 for property damage and bodily injury but will not receive punitive damages or pain-and-suffering compensation. Douglas Johnson sued Ivan Ordonez in March ...

Tagged with: motor vehicle accident

The family of a woman who died from a fall while exiting a vehicle will receive no damages from a Missouri town in the wake of a dispute centering on ownership of a disused rail line. Jana Richards and Josh ...

Tagged with: wrongful death

A Kansas City woman will collect more than $6,300 in damages for a 2015 accident in Clay County. Motorist Bridget Sharp filed suit after she was struck in a T-bone collision while exiting Interstate 35 at Highway 291, said defense ...

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision