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A federal judge in Kansas City entered a $500 million judgment against a bankrupt real estate data company, putting the finishing touches on a world-spanning, copyright-infringement suit. In 2016, CoStar Group, the country’s largest provider of commercial real estate information ...

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A federal judge has entered an $18.3 million judgment against a Canadian company, which leased a North Kansas City warehouse for its bitcoin-mining operation, after the company allegedly paid some of its bills late and failed to pay others altogether. ...

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A 2017 amendment to the Missouri Human Rights Act that widened the ability of prevailing parties to seek costs and attorneys’ fees does not apply retrospectively, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has ruled. On Dec. 24, a three-judge ...

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Each year, Missouri Lawyers Media combs its Verdicts & Settlements database to determine the biggest civil victories in Missouri courts. As part of our annual Missouri Lawyers Awards, we honor the Missouri-licensed attorneys who achieved the largest verdicts, settlements, judgments ...

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The families of two young adults who died in a 2018 boating crash at the Lake of the Ozarks have settled their lawsuit against the driver and owner of the boat for $1.6 million. The wrongful-death case, which was filed ...

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A St. Louis jury won $1.75 million verdict against the manufacturer of a freight elevator gate whose allegedly faulty design led to a man’s head injuries. The jury held the plaintiff, Donald Johndrow, 15 percent liable for his own injuries. ...

Tagged with: EMS Group freight elevator gate Product liability case The Simon Law Firm

The parent of man shot to death at a store in the St. Louis area reached a $1.1 million settlement with the store, according to one of the plaintiff’s attorneys. James D. O’Leary Jr. of O’Leary, Shelton, Corrigan, Peterson, Dalton ...

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Jurors in St. Louis County found two physicians were not liable when a patient lost an eye after developing a rare infection. Philip Willman of Brown & James defended Pepose Vision Institute and its retina specialist Nancy Holekamp in the ...

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A woman injured in a high-speed T-bone collision reached a $100,000 pre-suit settlement with the at-fault driver’s insurer, according to her attorney. Scott D. Kehlenbrink of Reinoehl Kehlenbrink said the accident occurred on March 3, 2019, near the intersection of ...

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An Oklahoma jury found that a railroad holds the bulk of the responsibility for a 2013 vehicle-train collision that killed a truck driver. “The Knight family is very thankful for the service of the jury and the judge,” said Grant ...

Tagged with: BNSF Railway Davis Bethune & Jones wrongful death

Following a three-week trial, a St. Louis jury on Dec. 20 rejected claims that a woman’s ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson-brand talcum powder. The plaintiff, Vickie Forrest, suffered from a rare form of ovarian cancer that she ...

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