The family of an epileptic man in southwest Missouri who suffered a seizure, crashed his car and was fatally shot by a responding officer settled with the city of Republic and two of its police officers for $1.2 million. The ...
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Read More »A federal judge has approved a $9.5 million settlement in a whistleblower’s suit against a Kansas City-area compounding pharmacy. Emily Barnes brought the False Claims Act case against her former employer, the Howard Stark Professional Pharmacy Inc. and its three ...
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Read More »The son of a woman killed in a crash with a farm tractor settled his suit against the farmer and his farm for $1.1 million, according to the family’s attorney. Nicholas Hinrichs of the Hinrichs Law Firm in Kansas City ...
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Read More »The family of an epileptic man in southwest Missouri who suffered a seizure, crashed his car and was fatally shot by a responding officer settled with the city of Republic and two of its police officers for $1.2 million. The ...
Tagged with: wrongful death
Read More »The Kansas City-based investment firm American Century has prevailed in a class-action lawsuit brought against it by its employees, who alleged the company was disloyal to them in selecting proprietary mutual funds for their 401(k) plan. On Jan. 23, Chief ...
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Read More »A Clay County jury awarded $540,000 to a former sandblaster who said his company fired him for complaining about dangerous work conditions. Plaintiff Matthew J. Curtis won $40,000 for lost wages and emotional distress and $500,000 in punitive damages against ...
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Read More »A Jefferson County woman injured in a three-car collision in 2017 settled a liability claim with the responsible driver for $150,000. Lisa Lehman, 51, of Hillsboro, was a front-seat passenger in a 2005 Saturn VUE driven by Jonathan Lehman, her ...
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Read More »A 30-year-old suburban Kansas City woman injured in a two-car collision in Overland Park, Kansas, three years ago settled a liability lawsuit against the other driver for $500,000. Overland Park resident Maegen Sima Shadfar suffered injuries to her head, neck ...
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Read More »A dispute regarding a loan between two private parties in Taney County settled for $86,691. Plaintiff Carla Backlin filed a declaratory-judgment action regarding a $78,000 loan she made to her friend Linda Wilson. Michael Horn, an attorney in Branson who ...
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Read More »A St. Louis jury awarded $4.5 million to the family of a man who drowned when a towboat sank. Patrick Bader of Bader & Murov represented Oliver Johnson, a mate working the deck of the M/V Charlie Boy under the ...
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Read More »A Jackson County jury decided that doctors at a Kansas City hospital were not liable for permanent injuries suffered by a pre-term baby at the center of a multi-million dollar medical malpractice matter. “It was a well-tried, hard-fought case on ...
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