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A Polk County jury has decided a physician was not responsible for problems a woman suffered from a punctured bowel in the wake of surgery. Plaintiff Christie Beckley, fell ill in December 2013, the day after she had a hysterectomy. ...

The Kansas City law firm of Robb & Robb won a $21.7 million jury verdict in Kentucky state court on behalf of the families of three air ambulance crew members killed in a crash of a medical helicopter. The Bell ...

A lawsuit over an assault outside an unofficial fraternity house has been resolved with a verdict for the plaintiff. “It actually wasn’t a recognized fraternity house but it was used as a fraternity house,” said Steve Garner of Strong-Garner-Bauer in ...

A woman who was injured in a car accident brought on by alleged “horseplay” between the driver and another passenger has been awarded $375,000. “It is not entirely clear in terms of the path of the cars but the initial ...

A Johnson County jury awarded a pharmacist more than half a million dollars on a disability discrimination claim after she was allegedly perceived as disabled by her supervisor. “If there is nothing wrong with you but I look at you ...

A Monett man and a company in which he and his wife own a majority stake received a $7,305,000 jury verdict in their suit over a dairy farm management dispute. On Aug. 28, the jury returned the verdict for John ...

A Jackson County jury awarded an aerospace and defense technology giant $199,624 against an insurer it alleged failed to provide coverage for claims the state brought against it for environmental pollution. But, the award was far short of the $10.2 ...

A woman reached an $896,000 settlement with her former employer on a wrongful termination claim, according to her attorney. J.C. Pleban of Pleban & Petruska Law in St. Louis said the plaintiff was subjected to sexual harassment and discrimination, including ...

A woman who alleged that employees of a private ambulance company dropped an oxygen tank on her freshly repaired knee reached a $1.95 million settlement, according to her attorneys. Sharon Honerkamp underwent a total knee replacement and was transported home ...

Arbitrators awarded The Children’s Mercy Hospital $2,228,430 for their claims that a managed-care company failed to pay or delayed payment for services for low-income pediatric patients. The Kansas City hospital brought the claims against Alliance for Community Health, LLC and ...

A leading manufacturer of high-tech gun sights has agreed to pay more than $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit overseen by two Missouri firms in a consolidation of several related complaints under the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act as well ...