A husband and wife reached a $258,500 settlement with a motorist who struck their car as she pulled out from a private drive, according to the couple’s attorney. Laurie Del Percio of The Horn Law Firm in Independence said the ...
Read More »Woman gets $250K settlement after Kansas crash
A woman injured in a crash while stopped on a congested highway will take home a quarter-million-dollar settlement after filing in a Kansas court. Kelly Poje was stopped on Interstate 35 in Johnson County, Kansas, when a commercial truck behind ...
Read More »Attorneys’ fees nearly triple award for KC firefighter
A black Kansas City firefighter who was passed over for a promotion won more than $356,000 from a Jackson County jury in October. Following a judge’s award of attorneys’ fees, the judgment now stands at more than $1 million. Tarshish ...
Read More »St. Joseph tavern to pay parents of DUI victim
A $1 million settlement against a St. Joseph tavern has been reached in the case of a man who was struck and killed by a drunk driver. Benjamin S. Creedy assisted lead attorney Michael L. Taylor, both of Murphy Taylor ...
Read More »Cities settle with Ameren in business tax dispute
A group of 254 municipalities reached a class-action settlement of nearly $20.6 million with Ameren on claims that the utility company underpaid business license taxes. The settlement won approval from a St. Louis County circuit judge in December. With no ...
Read More »Worker receives nearly $1M after losing fingers
A former Home Depot employee who initially received a pair of much smaller awards for losing four fingers while at work has settled a long-running workers’ compensation case against the company for nearly $1 million. The January 2004 workplace accident ...
Read More »Compelling tale turns into two top cases
Two of this year’s largest judgments began with a heartfelt conversation between attorney Randall Rhodes and a then-30-year-old man over a case that few other attorneys wanted to take.
Read More »Carpenter’s widow receives $610K after fatal fall
The widow of a carpenter who died after falling from a deck while rehabbing a home has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the property owner and a St. Louis general contractor for $610,000. William Robert Hessi III, 50, died ...
Read More »Insurer not liable for abuse claims against policyholder
A federal judge found that an insurance company was not liable for sexual abuse claims made against one of its policyholders. Amica Mutual Insurance Company filed a declaratory judgment in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri after ...
Read More »Tenant gets $100K settlement from landlords after fall
A Kansas City man who fell while walking out the back door of a rental home has settled a premises liability claim with his landlords for $100,000. David Edwards alleged that as he exited the home, he walked onto a ...
Read More »Jury faults two of three contractors after mold found in house
A large-scale home remodeling project that ended in a massive mold remediation effort and extensive litigation concluded in a post-trial settlement after jurors found two of the three contractors liable for damages. “I’m happy with the result and I think ...
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