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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Oct. 13 restored most of a $28.8 million jury award for a doctor who was fired after he raised safety concerns regarding emergency room staffing at Kansas City-area hospitals.

A driver who was injured in a T-bone crash at a St. Louis intersection received insurance settlements totaling $225,000, according to his attorney.

A Florida man injured when the truck in which he rode overturned on a Jackson County highway received a $135,000 settlement, according to his attorney.

A motorcyclist injured on a road in Johnson County, Kansas, reached a $100,000 settlement with the driver who pulled out in front of him, according to his attorney.

A federal jury in Springfield awarded nearly $5.9 million in damages to a farm supply store in a dispute with a lawnmower maker.

A woman who was shot in the back by a Ladue police officer reached a $2 million settlement with the city.

The husband of a woman killed in a two-car collision near Carthage reached a $750,000 settlement in a wrongful-death lawsuit, according to his attorneys.

A woman who sustained soft tissue injuries to her back after a rear-end collision reached a settlement of four times the policy limits with the at-fault driver, according to her attorney.

A man who was struck in a rear-end collision in the city of St. Louis reached a $25,000 settlement even though no police report was made for the accident, according to the plaintiff’s lawyer.

A Kansas jury has awarded $120,000 in damages to a woman who injured her finger while trying to remove a shopping cart from a Walmart vestibule in 2017.

The Court of Appeals Western District on Sept. 22 affirmed a defense win in a wrongful-death case, saying the trial judge properly excluded a witness who allegedly saw something wrong with the fateful truck.