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A former Allstate agent who was sued and accused of arson by his own company won a judgment from a jury that wanted to give him more than the law allowed. A federal jury in Springfield awarded defendant Elmer Davis ...

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A St. Louis jury has awarded a St. Joseph woman $8.5 million in damages in her racial discrimination and retaliation suit against Spire, Missouri’s largest natural gas utility company. The jury unanimously returned the verdict for Danielle McGaughy, 47, on ...

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A plaintiff who sustained multiple injuries after being hit from the rear in a construction zone on Interstate 70 in Illinois has settled for a combined $1.9 million with the driver of the vehicle that hit him and with the ...

A man beaten by police officers in the City of St. Louis has settled with the Missouri Attorney General’s office for more than eight times his original demand. “It’s a tremendous outcome for my client,” said attorney Philip Tatlow of ...

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A St. Louis County jury has decided in favor of a defendant doctor in the case of a woman who died while using a heart medication. Dr. Dale Brewer treated Sharon Akins for atrial fibrillation, which causes an irregular heartbeat, ...

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The family of a jail inmate who died in custody will receive a settlement of slightly more than $600,000 after jail staff allegedly failed to provide medical care for the inmate. “Long story short, he requested medical attention and they ...

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The family of a jail inmate who died in custody will receive a settlement of slightly more than $600,000 after jail staff allegedly failed to provide medical care for the inmate. “Long story short, he requested medical attention and they ...

The family of Union Pacific railroad worker killed in a Kansas City-area rail yard in 2015 has settled a liability lawsuit against the company for $2.4 million. Troy Jordan’s widow sued the company in St. Louis County Circuit Court on ...

A woman who alleged she suffered major complications from a gynecologic surgery settled her medical-negligence case for $950,000, according to her attorney. Robert D. Kingsland of Dempsey & Kingsland in Kansas City said his client, a 37-year-old Kentucky resident and ...

A widow and other surviving family members of a trucking-company employee who died in a collision will receive a $4.35 million settlement from the trucking company. In October 2016, the man was sleeping in a tractor-trailer truck being driven by ...

The father of a 14-year-old Blue Springs School District student who killed himself in 2013 following bullying from his peers has agreed to a $185,000 settlement to end his suit against the district. Tom Rodenberg, the district’s director of legal ...