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A St. Louis woman won a $125,000 award in an animal-attack case that hinged on whether the accused dog was indeed the right canine. “The main question in the case was, did the plaintiff’s evidence sufficiently identify the defendant’s dog ...

Tagged with: Dog Attack Growe Eisen Karlen Eilerts personal injury verdict

A 39-year-old mentally disabled woman who was sexually assaulted by another resident of a group home settled her claim for $1.75 million, according to her attorney. Jill Kanatzar of Dollar Burns & Becker in Kansas City said the victim, who ...

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The parents of a 19-year-old college sophomore who drowned at a popular water park near Rolla settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the business and its owners for $1 million. David Jackson was a Saint Louis University High School graduate and ...

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Family members of Kathleen Koutroubis, the 73-year-old grandmother killed in 2016 by a drag-racing wreck in Frontenac, have settled with two defendants in their wrongful-death lawsuit. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company paid the deceased woman’s sons, James and John ...

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Attorneys from the Kansas City-based law firm German May reached a $10.1 million settlement on behalf of USIC, an Indianapolis company that specializes in locating underground utilities. The settlement brings to a close a lawsuit USIC filed against a competitor ...

Tagged with: Commercial dispute Consolidated Infrastructure Group German May USIC

The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a girl’s claims that the department used excessive force by employing a flash-bang grenade in her home in 2010, causing her long-term harm. U.S. District Judge ...

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An infant injured at birth at a federally funded health care facility in Illinois reached a $1 million settlement with the U.S. government, according to his attorneys. Rachel Roman and David Zevan of Zevan Davidson Roman in St. Louis said ...

Tagged with: Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice U.S. District Court for Southern District of Illinois Zevan Davidson Roman

A Jackson County circuit judge nearly slashed in half a $6.03 million verdict for a Kansas City company that makes and sells custom awards and promotional materials. In an Oct. 29 order, Judge John M. Torrence ruled that a punitive ...

Tagged with: All Star Awards & Ad Specialties Breach of Loyalty Jackson County Circuit Court punitive damages cap

A Kansas City woman who was injured by an Overland Park, Kansas, driver in a rear-end collision received a $40,000 award from Jackson County jurors. “It was on icy roads,” said Jared Rose, who represented the plaintiff. “My client was ...

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision

A 63-year-old motorcyclist whose injuries from a 2016 collision led to an above-the-knee amputation settled a lawsuit against another motorist and that man’s employer for about $3.29 million. On April 15, 2016, St. Charles County resident Gregory James Kneemiller was ...

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The family of a teenager who suffered a traumatic brain injury while in a Franklin County, Kansas, jail reached a $3 million settlement with the county. T.J. Preuss of Preuss Foster Law said the 15-year old, identified as A.B., was ...

Tagged with: federal civil rights claims Preuss Foster Law state law tort claims