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A man injured when an uninsured motorist ran a red light and collided with the vehicle in which the plaintiff was a passenger settled for a total of $340,000, according to his attorney.
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Fees and costs bring award to $1.3M in civil rights case
A federal judge awarded more than $625,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to a man who successfully sued a police officer who tasered him in his home, bringing the final award to nearly $1.3 million.
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Read More »Injured trucker’s case ‘disputed on every level’
A truck driver struck by a vehicle while checking the brakes of his tractor trailer won $700,000 from a federal jury for his injuries.
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Read More »Jury finds insurer not liable for $8 million judgment against bar
A Clay County jury on March 22 found that an insurance company isn’t liable for an $8 million judgment entered two years ago for a woman injured by a drunken driver.
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Read More »Judge finds for trust in Kansas quiet title case
A suburban Kansas City woman’s effort to claim title to a 10-acre family estate as marital property amid a divorce from her estranged husband was rejected by a Johnson County, Kansas, judge.
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Read More »Nursing home pays settlement after rape of elderly woman
A Boone County nursing home agreed to a $750,000 settlement after a 91-year-old woman was believed to have been repeatedly raped at the facility, according to her attorney.
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Read More »Embezzler’s wife, not his family, embroiled in unjust enrichment repayment
After a telecommunications company discovered that its chief financial officer had been embezzling from the company, a St. Louis County judge and jury awarded the company $2.4 million.
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Read More »Jury sides with worker whose medical clearance was denied
A Jackson County jury returned a $1.85 million verdict for a former Kansas City municipal employee who alleged she was barred from returning to work after undergoing surgery.
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Read More »Former ALJ wins disability claim after years-long delay
Three years after the Missouri Supreme Court ordered a new trial, and two years after the pandemic caused that trial to be delayed, a St. Louis jury has awarded $1.36 million to a former administrative law judge on claims that he faced retaliation for complaining of discrimination on the job.
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Read More »Fee award brings verdict against school to $1.35M
A Jasper County judge awarded more than $500,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to a plaintiff who was sexually assaulted on school grounds, bringing the total award to more than $1.35 million.
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Read More »Hospital prevails in suit over man’s post-surgery death
A southwest Missouri jury sided with a prominent Springfield hospital in a wrongful death suit filed by the father of a 32-year-old man who died nine months after his hospitalization for a perforated colon.
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