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A Missouri appellate court says a man has to share a $1 million settlement with his ex-wife because it stemmed from an earlier suit that was subject to their dissolution agreement. Charles Kevin Baker and Kathleen Jo Weaver-Baker divorced in ...

A car accident for which an insurance company initially denied the claim has resulted in a settlement of more than $15 million for a passenger in one of the vehicles. Aundre Hobbs, Jr., was a passenger in the car driven ...

A family dispute about shares of ownership in a lake house has resulted in a verdict for the defense and a partition of the property in question. “It was a classic case of it is all working out nicely and ...

A 62-year-old man who was hit by a forklift while buying produce at a historic market in north St. Louis has settled a lawsuit against the business where he was injured for $705,000. Lionel Thomas, who was then 60, suffered ...

An exterminator injured by a garden hose can expect to receive the full limit from a liability policy thanks to a recent settlement. “My client, I believe, made a really good impression in deposition,” said Randall Cain of Cain & ...

  A man injured in a fender-bender on Interstate 270 has settled a pair of insurance claims for $850,000 after striking a deal with his own insurer on the morning his lawyer was preparing to file a federal suit for ...

An arbitration panel has found $650,000 in damages against the state’s transportation department in a crash arising from an allegedly unsafe guardrail, though the amount was reduced to the statutory cap. Andrew Mundwiller, of The Cagle Law Firm, represented plaintiff ...

A Clay County jury has found that a doctor was not liable in the death of a newborn after the baby inhaled her own intestinal contents during delivery. Brian Malkmus defended Meritas Health Corp. in a suit filed by Jason ...

The Court of Appeals Western District on May 1 affirmed a $3.5 million judgment that stemmed from a crash between a tractor-trailer truck and a farm tractor. A Jackson County jury initially awarded $6.3 million to Roger C. Ross for ...

A St. Louis County jury has decided that a doctor was not liable for a patient’s death following surgery to repair a hernia and remove his gallbladder. In June 2011, John Castillo underwent surgery to treat an incisional hernia and ...

A Clay County jury has determined that a doctor was not responsible for permanent arm injuries sustained by a child during a difficult delivery. Jeremiah Baker incurred damage to his brachial plexus as he exited the womb during his 2013 ...