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The family of a woman who died in an understaffed jail settled a wrongful-death lawsuit for $1 million, according to figures that New Madrid County provided in response to an open-records request. On Dec. 13, 2013, Stephanie Goodrich was arrested ...

A Platte County jury awarded $1.5 million to the wife of a man who was killed by a driver under the influence of prescription drugs. On Feb. 10, 2014, Donald Rippy was helping his grandson Parker with an overheated car ...

A motorcyclist involved in a crash on a rural highway won a tiny verdict from a Chariton County jury, which effectively amounted to a defense win. Jurors found plaintiff Mark Prior had suffered damages of $1,000 but also assessed him ...

A woman who alleged she was injured when she tripped on a raised section of sidewalk at the entryway to a medical facility settled for $300,000, according to her attorneys. The plaintiff said her left foot got caught on an ...

The Blue Springs School District has agreed to pay $185,000 to the family of a student who committed suicide in 2014 after his peers bullied him in middle and high school. On March 1, U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey ...

A suburban Kansas City man who suffered a broken hip and other injuries when a teen driver ran a red light and struck his car has settled a liability claim for $175,000. Tyler Joseph Dominic was injured while driving a ...

A woman who suffered injuries from a 2015 T-bone crash has settled a lawsuit against the other driver for $450,000, according to her attorney. Mark Emison of Langdon & Emison in Lexington said the woman, whose identity remains confidential as ...

A Kansas City law firm played a key role in securing a $35 million jury verdict for an Indiana couple in their suit against Johnson & Johnson and its subdivision Ethicon for alleged injuries stemming from the implantation of their ...

A St. Charles County jury has rejected an Arizona woman’s attempt to recover financial damages for the broken hip she suffered after being knocked down by her adult daughter’s dog. Dorris Kuhlenbeck, 64, sued daughter Sandra Schaefer in St. Charles ...

A dispute over road conditions during a midday auto accident in the St. Louis area that left a woman unable to taste or smell has resulted in a defense verdict. The firm of Roberts Perryman defended TMC Corporation in a ...

Within months of taking a job as caregiver for a retiree, Charles O. Byers had been named beneficiary on a warranty deed for the Warrensburg man’s farm house and 30 surrounding acres. By the time of Eugene F. Neer’s September ...