A complex case against a defunct Kansas City-area car dealership appears to have produced more precedent than money. In a 52-page opinion on Feb. 13, the Western District Court of Appeals said an insurer wasn’t liable for more than $1.5 ...
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Read More »A man who was severely injured while trying to help a stranded motorist reached a $1.275 million settlement with multiple insurers, according to his attorney. Attorneys Richard D. Klein and Michael Avioli said the plaintiff was riding as a passenger ...
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Read More »A family of four injured in a vehicle collision reached an out-of-court settlement of $1.5 million with the insurer for the at-fault driver, who died in the collision. According to Mark Cantor of Cantor Injury Law in St. Louis, the ...
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Read More »Boone County jurors decided that a doctor was not negligent in connection with nerve injuries suffered by a child during a difficult delivery. “The primary issue was whether or not Dr. [Kimberly] Morse applied too much traction, more than a ...
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Read More »A southwest Missouri jury sided with a couple from Salt Lake City, Utah, who sued a Branson timeshare developer due to what they called false assurances that their ownership stake included the use of more sought-after vacation properties in California ...
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Read More »A Cape Girardeau woman injured in a collision with a driver for an auto-parts store reached a $1.475 million settlement in the matter. “Basically, the O’Reilly Auto Parts driver was coming the opposite direction and driving too fast for conditions,” ...
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Read More »The family of an epileptic man in southwest Missouri who suffered a seizure, crashed his car and was fatally shot by a responding officer settled with the city of Republic and two of its police officers for $1.2 million. The ...
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Read More »A federal judge has approved a $9.5 million settlement in a whistleblower’s suit against a Kansas City-area compounding pharmacy. Emily Barnes brought the False Claims Act case against her former employer, the Howard Stark Professional Pharmacy Inc. and its three ...
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Read More »The son of a woman killed in a crash with a farm tractor settled his suit against the farmer and his farm for $1.1 million, according to the family’s attorney. Nicholas Hinrichs of the Hinrichs Law Firm in Kansas City ...
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Read More »The family of an epileptic man in southwest Missouri who suffered a seizure, crashed his car and was fatally shot by a responding officer settled with the city of Republic and two of its police officers for $1.2 million. The ...
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Read More »The Kansas City-based investment firm American Century has prevailed in a class-action lawsuit brought against it by its employees, who alleged the company was disloyal to them in selecting proprietary mutual funds for their 401(k) plan. On Jan. 23, Chief ...
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