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A motorist injured by an Iowa driver was able to recover five times as much from his own insurer than was available from the at-fault driver’s policy, according to his attorney.

A business traveler who slipped on a flight of stairs at a St. Louis County hotel reached a $498,000 settlement, according to his attorney.

A Barry County man shot with his own gun by an assailant in a hospital parking area won a seven-figure award from the medical center he alleged had failed to protect him.

The family of a southwest Missouri jail inmate who died of a drug overdose while in custody settled a wrongful death lawsuit against two local governments and a county ambulance district for a total of $630,000.

A Boone County jury awarded a former small-town police chief more than $300,000 in compensatory and punitive damages over a disputed firing that city leaders blamed on alcohol abuse and reckless conduct — but which the ex-cop said was retaliation by an alderman whose friend, also police officer, was under criminal investigation.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled Aug. 10 that the family of a man killed by a distracted driver cannot tap into an additional $6 million in insurance coverage.

Attorneys with Alton-based Simmons Hanly Conroy won an $8.26 million verdict on behalf of a Louisiana resident who alleged he was exposed to asbestos while working for Ford Motor Company.

A man who sued a car wash after he tripped and fell on the property lost in front of a Joplin jury.

A woman and her children reached a $9 million settlement when she was injured in a semi-truck crash in Washington, according to their attorneys.

The daughters of a man killed in a motor vehicle collision in central Missouri reached a $2.5 million settlement, according to their attorney.

A Clay County jury awarded more than $806,000 to a young woman who severely burned herself in an attempted suicide after she was discharged from a local hospital.