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A dramatic sequence of events sparked by a hit-and-run accident resulted in a double policy limit for a woman who sustained serious injuries to her foot. On June 28, 2014, an off-duty police officer was driving with his wife and ...

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U.S. District Judge Jean Hamilton has approved a second settlement, this time amounting to $540,000, for the family of Anthony Lamar Smith — the man killed in 2011 by former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Jason Stockley after a high-speed ...

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A Jackson County jury has awarded $200,000 to a former corrections officer in her discrimination and retaliation suit against the Missouri Department of Corrections. Jurors found the department liable for plaintiff Ana Barrios’ claims of harassment based on gender, gender ...

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Ford Motor Co. won a defense verdict in the asbestos-related death of a former brake worker. The company was the last of 60 defendants named in a suit involving the death of Robert Hare, an attorney for Ford, Brita Cantrell ...

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The Court of Appeals Eastern District affirmed a $12.8 million judgment for a man who lost part of his bowels after a visit to the emergency room, but a judge will have to recalculate how it is to be paid ...

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Platte County jurors decided that a doctor did not commit an error in diagnosing a woman who later needed surgery to repair a hematoma in a deep abrasion. TShanna Long-Young sued Dr. Jason Goergen, alleging that he had failed to ...

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A Clay County dog owner attacked by her own pet will receive a $160,000 settlement from the agency that allowed her to adopt it. Elizabeth Seymour sued the KC Pet Project in connection to injuries she received from an American ...

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Jurors in St. Louis on Aug. 22 found that Ford Motor Company was liable for the lung illness suffered by a South County man who worked as a mechanic at automobile dealerships from the 1960s to the 1980s. According to ...

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A bicyclist who crashed on a roadway in Boulder, Colorado, settled for $820,000 with a company alleged to have improperly patched the pavement, according to his attorney. Alvin A. Wolff Jr. of Wolff & Wolff Trial Lawyers in St. Louis ...

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An Illinois jury decided for the defense in a wrongful-death case stemming from a woman’s death just days after a twisted ankle sent her to the doctor. Tamara Kay Greco, 36, went to an emergency room and was diagnosed with ...

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A man who suffered back injuries in a rear-end collision reached a $590,000 settlement with the defendant’s insurer, according to his attorney. Kevin J. Roach of the Law Offices of Kevin J. Roach in Chesterfield said the accident occurred on ...

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