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A St. Louis jury said health care providers who cared for a girl with cancer were not negligent in their diagnosis or treatment.

A St. Louis jury ordered city Sheriff James Murphy to pay $850,000 to two sheriff deputies who, it said, were subject to a racially hostile work environment.

The family of a man who was killed while riding his motorcycle received a $4.75 million settlement through mediation.

When a legal secretary and her former employer took their chances on an open-ended workers’ compensation settlement, neither party knew how much the final payout could be.

A federal judge gave final approval in August to a $16.5 million settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against Caterpillar Inc. over fees in its 401(k) plans.

The terms of a more than $50 million settlement — but not the attorney fees — have been approved in a class action cellphone tax lawsuit involving more than 200 Missouri municipalities.

A jury ultimately sided with a prominent Kansas City employer instead of with a 70-year-old employee who sought a job with a six-figure salary.

Even though she was wearing a seat belt, a driver was thrown from her minivan after an accident March 22, 2007.

An invalid woman wrapped herself in more warmth than she bargained for on a cold morning two years ago, prompting a $2 million verdict in her favor in a federal jury trial in Kansas City.

An accident in which both motorists were found to be equally at fault netted a $50,000 verdict for the plaintiff.

An accident in which both motorists were found to be equally at fault netted a $50,000 verdict for the plaintiff.