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A computer parts maker has been hit with a $135 million verdict arising out of an explosion at a Kansas City power plant. VERDICT REPORT Kansas City Power & Light sued after sewer water gushed out of toilets at an ...

A wrongful death suit against Ford Motor Company alleging a defective product design on a 1997 F150 pick-up truck netted a $12.5 million verdict from a Jackson County jury. VERDICT REPORT John and Shirley Mathes and their 8-year-old grandson Jacob ...

A man who lost his foot almost 20 years ago when his father ran over it with a lawnmower has won $1.18 million in his Jackson County case against his father’s employer. VERDICT REPORT Ken Riordan was working as a ...

A motorcyclist severely injured in an accident has lost his Jackson County negligence case against the owner of a parking lot. The 17-year-old plaintiff, who struck a car that was pulling out of the lot, claimed the designer did not ...

Trying two medical malpractice cases back-to-back was unusual, but not overwhelming, for Springfield attorney Brian D. Malkmus. “You figure you’re going to work, whether it’s in the courtroom or the of-fice,” he said. But getting defense verdicts in each case ...

A recent $250,000 verdict against a St. Louis dentist may cause attorneys to reconsider the conventional wisdom that dental malpractice cases are not worth the effort. Leslie Wayne, 31, sued after the cosmetic veneers placed on her teeth by Dr. ...

Trying two medical malpractice cases back-to-back was unusual, but not overwhelming, for Springfield attorney Brian D. Malkmus. “You figure you’re going to work, whether it’s in the courtroom or the of-fice,” he said. But getting defense verdicts in each case ...

Most lawyers encounter “egg-shell” plaintiffs only in law school. But for St. Louis attorney David A. Dimmitt, first-year torts class came alive when he represented a 38-year-old woman involved in a minor car accident. His client, Nevzeta Terzic, suffered two ...

The Plaintiffs Asked For $100 Million In Trial

Confidential Settlement A roofer who was injured when metal flashing he was installing touched a power line sued Kansas City Power & Light. On Jan. 25, 2002, Gary Barnes, 41, was working as a roofer at a home in Mission ...

The parents of a 15-year-old girl killed in a head-on collision with a semi tractor-trailer have settled their Jackson County lawsuit for $9.5 million. The settlement is believed to be the largest in Missouri history paid by a trucking company ...