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A St. Louis woman obtained a $25,000 settlement in a personal injury case before the case was submitted to the jury. Trish Albers had a green arrow and was turning left onto McKelvey Road from St. Charles Rock Road in ...

A man who lost an eye when a piece of heavy machinery fell on him has reached a $1 million settlement of his federal case against the towing company hired to transport the machine. Defendant Storey Wrecker Service Inc., a ...

A patient suffered brain damage while the surgeon was outside the operating room making a personal cellphone call, said the plaintiff’s attorney, Brian Fellows. His 50-year-old male client suffered from a lifelong throat disease involving recurrent, large, wartlike tumors called ...

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A St. Louis County jury returned a verdict in favor of a neurosurgery practice accused of medical malpractice stemming from a patient’s death following complications with neck surgery. Lynn Newbound, a 50-year-old wife and mother of two adult daughters, underwent ...

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A St. Louis jury deliberated for about two hours before returning defense verdicts for an OB-GYN and a hospital accused of medical malpractice. The doctor allegedly failed to remove a cyst and ovary during a hysterectomy and oopherectomy procedure. Barbara ...

A Boone County jury returned a verdict for General Motors Corp. in a product defect case stemming from a car accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury for a 6-year-old boy. John K. Mullendore was riding in the driver’s ...

A Jefferson County jury sided with an insurance company in a lawsuit filed by a driver seeking underinsured motorist coverage. Donald Cook was trying to make a U-turn on Route 109 in Jefferson County on Dec. 5, 2005, when he ...

A champion swimmer whose career ended when he was injured during post-swim practice horseplay has reached a $421,000 settlement of his Jackson County negligent supervision and personal injury case against the swim team, coach and a teammate. The city of ...

A St. Louis County man was awarded $100,000 for injuries he sustained in an accident involving an Excelsior Springs-based truck company’s driver. According to court documents, Waller Truck Co. employee William Lamb III was traveling between 60 and 65 miles ...

An all-terrain vehicle driver who was injured while trespassing on private property has reached a $100,000 global settlement with the property owner and tenant who erected an artificial condition allegedly causing the driver’s injuries. Insurance carriers for the property owner ...

An insurance company appeared to have settled an automobile accident case on its own when it took one of the vehicles involved and put it in a storage lot. Stephanie Snow, of Trenton, was on her way to church with ...