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The parents of a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle last year in Independence have agreed to settle their lawsuit against the driver for $2 million, according to the family’s attorneys. Nicholas Hinrichs of the Hinrichs Law ...

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A case involving an awkwardly placed piece of luggage at a hotel breakfast buffet that led to the death of an Oklahoma woman concluded with an $800,000 settlement. “They had plenty of personnel in the room that would have been ...

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A St. Louis County bar agreed to pay $1.22 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed after an argument about the weight of a dog became heated. The March 12 settlement came exactly one month ...

Jackson County jurors found against the son of a trucker who claimed his father’s traffic death was the result of negligence by the vehicle mechanic who worked on his tractor trailer. “It was a surprising verdict actually,” said James D. ...

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The family of a man who choked to death at a Kansas City nursing home reached a $1 million settlement, according to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Attorneys Brett Williams Brown & Crouppen and Jonathan Steele of The Steele Law Firm said ...

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A passenger injured in a crash on an Oklahoma highway reached a $200,000 pre-suit settlement with the car’s driver, according to his attorney. Laurie Del Percio of The Horn Law Firm in Independence said claimant Michael Smith was riding as ...

A Jackson County jury deliberated for just 80 minutes before siding with the estate of a deceased teen in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a second teen who also died in the one-car, early-morning wreck. Michael Anthony ...

A Cass County jury awarded $500,000 to a woman who was hit in the back of the head by a 20-pound box at a grocery store. Patricia “Page” Kilcourse and her husband, Thomas, sued Iowa-based Hy-Vee Inc. in December 2015, ...

St. Louis County jurors took only two hours to reject a request that they award $1.6 million to a teen who was severely injured in a 2011 car wreck. The verdict came after a three-day trial and following the kansas ...

A deputy’s sexual harassment and retaliation suit against Jackson County has resulted in a $761,987 judgment against the county — slightly more than double the amount of the initial verdict in March. Judge Roger M. Prokes of the 4th Circuit, ...

The family of a northwest Missouri child bitten in the face by a loose dog settled a lawsuit against the pet’s owners for more than $150,000. Katie Loralye Leivan, 4, of Maryville was playing in her grandparents’ yard in the ...

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