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A woman won a $725,000 settlement after a tractor-trailer driver struck the rear of her vehicle, ending the case a month before a scheduled trial in federal court. Tiffany Pugh, 38, suffered a spinal-disc injury in November 2015 in the ...

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision

A plaintiff in the federal Eastern District of Missouri has settled a lawsuit against a Missouri city and three of its police officers for $300,000, according to the plaintiff’s attorney, J.C. Pleban of Pleban & Petruska Law in St. Louis. ...

Tagged with: civil rights Confidential Settlement police abuse

A Scott County jury awarded nearly $870,000 to the family of a man who died after suffering a year of complications from prostate surgery at a Sikeston hospital. Roosevelt Rhoden underwent a transurethral resection of the prostate at Missouri Delta ...

Tagged with: medical malpractice wrongful death

A Kansas woman who suffered extensive injuries after a passing pickup truck struck and dragged her will receive a $1.3 million settlement in Missouri. Plaintiff Amber Wilhelm was in a crosswalk at an intersection in Manhattan, Kansas, when a Chevy ...

Tagged with: personal injury

A Jackson County jury has determined that a 51-year-old woman who was injured when another driver reportedly ran her off the road in Kansas City is entitled to $40,000 in damages. Kimberly Townsend, of Raytown, filed suit against Richard Rosewicz ...

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision

A Lee’s Summit woman who was walking her dog when a 16-year-old driver struck her and her neighbor has settled a liability claim with the driver’s insurer for $1.25 million. Leslie A. Rimmer, 45, hit the hood of the 1999 ...

Tagged with: Motor-vehicle collision with pedestrian

A Jackson County jury has awarded $350,000 to a former Kansas City Public Schools teacher in her lawsuit against the district on her hostile-work-environment claim. On Oct. 11, following a nearly two-week trial, the jury found the district was liable ...

Tagged with: hostile work environment Jackson County Kansas City Public Schools

A southwest Missouri woman was unable to convince a jury she was owed damages for a number of alleged attacks by a neighbor’s dogs. Plaintiff Kathalana Klein alleged that dogs belonging to neighbors Bruce and Debra Buxton attacked her and ...

Tagged with: defense verdict personal injury

A motorcyclist who was hit and severely injured by a FedEx delivery contractor’s truck in south St. Louis County has settled for an undisclosed amount and succeeded in getting the contractor to modify its safety policies. “This was a rare ...

Tagged with: Confidential Settlement Motor vehicle collision

A Warsaw woman whose leg was impaled in a head-on crash with a driver who police said showed signs of impairment has received a $5.25 million judgment. Emily Knight sued driver Andrew Zey after a 2016 collision with his Chevrolet ...

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A St. Louis circuit judge has ordered a new trial in a lawsuit that previously resulted in a $7.35 million verdict for a former UPS employee. Plaintiff Leopold Mayes had worked as a package handler for the company before being ...