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A Jefferson County, Illinois jury sided with the defense after a 71-year-old veteran had sought $6.5 million in his claim that a urologist failed to timely diagnose his prostate cancer.

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A Cole County jury found the Missouri Department of Corrections liable for $2.15 million in damages on a former nurse’s claims that she faced sexual harassment and retaliation.

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A St. Louis County jury found a nursing facility was not liable for the death of an elderly resident who died after breaking her leg in a fall.

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A drywall installer who suffered a severe spinal injury after falling through a hole in a residential construction project obtained a $5 million settlement, according to his attorney.

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A St. Louis jury awarded $15 million to the mother of a 22-year-old man who died when he fell from a barge into the Mississippi River.

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A St. Louis jury awarded $11 million to a man who shot himself in the eye with a pneumatic staple gun, though jurors also held the plaintiff 30 percent at fault for his injury.

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A St. Louis County judge approved a judgment of nearly $390,000 plus continuing weekly benefits for a man exposed to asbestos dust in the course of his employment.

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A Kansas City attorney obtained a $3.75 million settlement for a the survivors of a woman who was struck by a tractor trailer in rural Kansas.

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District affirmed a $1.5 million judgment for a man shot with his own gun by an assailant in a Joplin hospital’s parking area.

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A Clay County jury awarded $65 million in damages to a young boy who was injured before his birth when a UPS truck stuck his mother’s car.

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The survivors of a St. Charles man killed in a boating crash reached combined settlements of more than $1.4 million, according to the plaintiffs’ attorney.

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