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Kansas City Public Schools has settled a third sexual assault suit filed by a parent on a student’s behalf. “L.B.” filed the suit against the school district, Greater K.C. LINC Inc., two teachers and a school principal in late 2015 ...

A Comcast employee’s decision to park illegally in Lee’s Summit and an ensuing vehicle crash led to a $13.8 million verdict against the company in Jackson County Circuit Court. On Nov. 4, a jury unanimously agreed on the verdict against ...

A federal jury in St. Louis awarded $3 million to the family of a man who died after being tased by a Ferguson police officer. Jason Moore left his home about 6:45 a.m. on a Saturday in 2011. When police ...

A Kansas City woman who suffered a brain aneurysm that she alleged was triggered by a three-vehicle collision has settled a claim for $130,000. Gisele J. Lacey was stopped in the turn lane of westbound East 63rd Street near South ...

A case over whether one of four adult children used undue influence to gain a larger share of her deceased mother’s assets has resulted in a jury returning most of the money to the decedent’s estate. “These cases, by their ...

Kansas City officials approved settlements of three lawsuits Thursday totaling nearly $6 million. In one unanimous vote, the KC Council approved spending $225,000 to settle a suit from a woman injured on public property, the first payment of a $3 ...

The mother of a 65-year-old man who died after he was hit by a car while crossing Olive Boulevard in University City has settled a claim with the driver’s insurer for $100,000. Oliver S. Clark died in early January after ...

A woman who sustained back injuries during a crash between a bus and a pickup truck will receive a nearly half-million-dollar settlement from two campgrounds. “She was put on a lifting restriction and she wasn’t able to return to work ...

Kansas City Public Schools has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit against the district over the alleged sexual assault of a student by an extended-care program employee. In 2015, the plaintiffs, J.J. and her son, J.J., sued the ...

A woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury after her car was hit by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 has settled a Warren County lawsuit against a trucking company and its employee for nearly $1 million. Tiffany Joy France, 39, ...

Lawyers reached a $225,000 settlement in a case in which a woman said her employer discriminated against her for cooperating with an internal investigation. The potential plaintiff in the case was a manager for policy and training in the anti-money ...