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A surveillance videotape taken by the defense in a personal injury case — but introduced by the plaintiff at trial — proved to be a key factor in a recent $640,000 verdict in Jackson County. VERDICT REPORT Joseph Wagner, who ...

A decision by Federal Express not to disclose information in an auto accident case about driver workloads has led to the confidential settlement of a Boone County lawsuit. SETTLEMENT REPORT Plaintiff Craig Hutchings, who suffered a brain injury in a ...

$1.3 Million Verdict A Blue Springs man with a 30-year smoking history sued two tobacco companies for products liability after he developed laryngeal cancer. His wife also sued for loss of consortium. For over 30 years Michael Thompson, 53, smoked ...

A British manufacturer has agreed to pay $9 million to World Wrestling Entertainment in order to settle a contribution lawsuit filed by WWE. SETTLEMENT REPORT The Jackson County suit followed WWE’s earlier $18 million settlement of a wrongful death case ...

Two doctors involved in the treatment of a 28-year-old man who died of a brain cyst have prevailed in a St. Louis County medical malpractice suit filed by his mother. The case of Steven Becker garnered widespread media attention because ...

A man who made a down payment on a mobile home that was never delivered has won $536,600 — including $500,000 in punitive damages — in his Boone County case against the dealership. The plaintiff, Randy Rhodes of Staunton, Ill., ...

A woman who was sexually molested by her adoptive father over a decade ago has won a $5 million verdict against a psychologist who she claimed failed to report the abuse. Kelly Pope, now 27, said the failure enabled her ...

$6.2 Million Settlement The family of a Joplin man who died from carbon monoxide poisoning on a yacht sued the manufacturer of the yacht’s generator. John Harris was invited to spend Memorial Day weekend in the Lake of the Ozarks ...

A Lee’s Summit man has won $865,500 in his Jackson County case against a car dealership that sold him a wrecked vehicle. Kansas City attorney Bernard Brown, the plaintiff’s attorney, said the verdict is the largest ever in Missouri against ...

Confidential Settlement Five lawsuits were filed against Hedrick Medical Center, claiming that the hospital failed to investigate a new doctor’s background, leading to the death of two patients and three cases of medical malpractice. Dr. Gaston Guerra was on the ...

Defendant’s Verdict A potter sued the company that sold him colorants for his clay pots, claiming that it failed to warn him of the potential danger of heavy metal poisoning. For over 20 years Leslie Bowers purchased cobalt carbonate from ...