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A Cahokia, Illinois, woman who suffered injuries to her neck, back and knee received a $100,000 settlement from the driver who struck the rear of her vehicle, according to her attorney. James F. Ram of Brown & Crouppen said his ...

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A Jackson County judge approved a nonmonetary settlement in a wrongful-death suit that requires a gun dealer to get out of the firearms business. The settlement partially resolved the suit brought last year by Alvino and Beverly Crawford, who alleged ...

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A jury’s decision to award a southeast Missouri peach farm $265 million in damages — including $250 million in punitive damages — for its negligent design suit against Monsanto Company and BASF Corporation surprised even the farm’s attorneys. Billy Randles ...

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The widow of a 40-year-old Potosi man killed while trying to redirect traffic at an accident scene settled a wrongful-death suit for a total of $765,000 against the local volunteer fire department and the 18-year-old EMT who struck the man ...

Tagged with: Gary Burger Motor vehicle collision wrongful death

A Kansas jury ruled that a doctor properly advised a Lee’s Summit man who encountered ongoing post-operative problems due to contaminated mesh. “It was a fairly straightforward case,” said defense attorney Jeff K. Brown of Logan, Logan & Watson. “A ...

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A Jackson County jury has awarded a former maintenance worker for the Kansas City Water Services Department $790,000 in damages following a nearly two-week trial. On Feb. 6, the jury sided with Ronald E. Williams on his claims of retaliation ...

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St. Louis County agreed to a $10.25 million settlement to resolve claims by a gay St. Louis County police official who alleged that he was passed over for multiple promotions because he didn’t fit stereotypical male norms. The settlement comes ...

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A jury awarded $350,000 to families of toddlers whom eyewitnesses said were abused at an Emporia State University-run daycare center. The unanimous verdict against the school and its daycare director came in less than three hours after a six-day trial ...

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A central Missouri county agreed to pay a $5 million settlement following the death of a man in its county jail. Micheal Eisenhauer, 42, died in the Audrain County Jail on June 13, 2019, after another inmate, Ryan Wade Blair, ...

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A woman injured in a car crash involving a dump truck reached a $245,000 settlement, despite claims by the defense that the larger vehicle’s brakes failed. “Because of the truck’s speed, it tipped over right in front of her,” said ...

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A 35-year-old Ladue woman injured in a February 2015 rear-end collision won $650,000 from a St. Louis County jury after the at-fault driver’s insurer rejected a considerably smaller policy-limits settlement demand. Maranda Cocking was hit from behind while driving a ...

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