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St. Louis attorney John Medler has secured a $700,000 settlement against an Arkansas hospital and its doctor in the death of a 2-year-old girl. The girl arrived in the hospital’s emergency room with a fever of 105.3 degrees and a ...

A Kansas City pedestrian injured in a hit-and-run collision received a $765,000 jury verdict against his auto insurance carrier which was later reduced to $140,150. On July 14, after a weeklong trial, a Jackson County jury found in favor of ...

A 25-year-old man paralyzed playing in a large inflatable ball at a Jefferson City mall has won a nearly $45 million judgment against the company that provided the equipment. The plaintiff, Derek Hart, a Boone County resident, sued Knockerball MidMo ...

A federal jury ordered Nationwide Affinity Insurance Company to pay $225,000 to a man who suffered neck injuries in a car wreck that aggravated a longstanding pre-existing condition. After the February verdict, the company won a motion to reduce the ...

Four male police sergeants who were passed over for a new assignment in favor of a female colleague were not discriminated against on the basis of gender by the Kansas City Police Department, a jury ruled. The nine-person Jackson County ...

A 31-year-old man who suffered a traumatic brain injury, ruptured spleen and multiple broken bones in a car crash has settled a liability claim with four insurers for a total of $1 million. The collision occurred as Justin Rodney Haynes ...

A Troy man injured in a rear-end crash has agreed to settle his claims against the other driver for $100,000. The crash occurred on April 19, 2015 when the 53-year-old confidential plaintiff was traveling westbound on Missouri 370 in St. ...

A 30-year-old man whose attorney says suffers seizures caused by a three-car collision in St. Charles has settled a liability claim with the responsible driver’s insurer for $100,000.

Kansas City leaders have agreed to pay $149,000 to settle a woman’s claims stemming from a crash with a police vehicle. The Kansas City Council approved the ordinance at their meeting Thursday. The crash occurred at about 11:25 p.m. on ...

A Boone County jury found in favor of a man who slipped and fell at an auto auction but it gave an award low enough that it was erased by set asides, allocation of blame and taxable costs. The case ...

A St. Louis jury sided with SSM Health in a case involving a man who tripped outside a hospital and later died of his injuries. The plaintiff’s attorneys claimed that the man tripped on uneven concrete at the new St. ...