The Marion County Ambulance District has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a man’s lawsuit after an ambulance in which he was riding rolled over in a single-vehicle crash. The plaintiff was an 80-year-old man whose daughters took him ...
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Read More »A Springfield man injured at work while lifting a 60-pound box three years ago has agreed to settle a workers’-compensation claim with his former employer for $383,500. William J. Botts, who then was 57, was a plant worker employed by ...
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Read More »Two home health care companies have agreed to pay $250,000 to the family of a Barry County man who died of sepsis from bedsores while under their care. Troy Townsend, 53, of Washburn, died in December 2014. His three surviving ...
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Read More »The Kansas City Council has approved a $100,000 settlement in the wrongful-death case of a 14-year-old who was beaten and fatally shot at a South Kansas City water park in 2015. The suit stemmed from the death of Alexis Kane, ...
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Read More »Callaway County officials have agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims stemming from the death of a developmentally disabled Fulton man whose body was found encased in concrete while he was under county supervision. Ross A. Bridges, an attorney ...
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Read More »Three adult children of a St. Louis woman killed in the crossfire during a botched robbery at a bar frequented by off-duty and retired police officers have settled a premises-liability lawsuit against the business, its owners and a bartender for ...
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Read More »A truck driver struck by a vehicle while inflating a tire will take home a $1.25 million settlement from the defendant driver. Plaintiff Barry Wetzler, who drove for a construction company, was parked with a coworker along Concordia Church Road ...
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Read More »A Jefferson County jury has awarded more than $1.7 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a 44-year-old Hillsboro teacher injured in a hit-and-run collision. Stacy A. Lowery sued Skyler J. Bent, 26, also of Hillsboro, as well as Bent’s ...
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Read More »A dispute stemming from changes to a Gladstone woman’s will and trust has resulted in a unanimous $1,132,654 jury verdict for the woman’s children. The Clay County jury returned the verdict Nov. 16 after deliberating for 50 minutes, wrapping up ...
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Read More »A mother and her three young daughters who were subjected to a no-knock search warrant involving “flash-bang” grenades in Marion, Illinois have accepted an offer of judgment made by that city and five of its officers to resolve a civil-rights ...
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Read More »A driver injured in a traffic accident will take home $50,000 thanks to a plaintiff’s verdict by a Jefferson County jury. Millis Don Massey had a green arrow as he turned left onto Interstate 55 from eastbound Highway 141 in ...
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