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Five teenaged girls who alleged that they endured physical and psychological abuses at a southwestern Missouri religious boarding school reached confidential settlements with their school’s insurer.

A $1 million settlement wrapped up the remaining litigation stemming from the murder of a couple in southwestern Missouri.

A group of St. Louis lawyers won a $1.5 million judgment for Georgia landowners living along an abandoned railroad after the federal government turned it into a public trail.

A man injured by a speeding driver reached two $100,000 policy-limits settlements, according to his attorney.

A Linn County jury returned a $9 million verdict on Sept. 1 for a woman who lost her leg in a motorcycle accident.

A passenger injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident reached a $225,000 settlement with his own insurer in spite of a dispute over the location of the accident, according to the plaintiff’s attorney.

A jury awarded $1.4 million to a real estate company that claimed a partnership from which it purchased land had failed to uphold its end of a development deal.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 30 affirmed an award of more than $100 million against a bank for its predecessor’s role in mismanaging a prepaid funeral expense trust.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 1 that an underground-facility locating and marking company isn’t responsible for tens of millions of dollars in settlements paid in the wake of a gas explosion that destroyed a Kansas City restaurant.

A woman who severely injured her wrist in a collision with a truck reached a $372,000 settlement with the truck’s driver, according to her attorney.

The family of a man who died after suffering severe neglect at a Harrisonville nursing home reached an $800,000 settlement, according to their attorney.