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A recent $250,000 verdict against a St. Louis dentist may cause attorneys to reconsider the conventional wisdom that dental malpractice cases are not worth the effort. Leslie Wayne, 31, sued after the cosmetic veneers placed on her teeth by Dr. ...

Trying two medical malpractice cases back-to-back was unusual, but not overwhelming, for Springfield attorney Brian D. Malkmus. “You figure you’re going to work, whether it’s in the courtroom or the of-fice,” he said. But getting defense verdicts in each case ...

The Plaintiffs Asked For $100 Million In Trial

Most lawyers encounter “egg-shell” plaintiffs only in law school. But for St. Louis attorney David A. Dimmitt, first-year torts class came alive when he represented a 38-year-old woman involved in a minor car accident. His client, Nevzeta Terzic, suffered two ...

Confidential Settlement A roofer who was injured when metal flashing he was installing touched a power line sued Kansas City Power & Light. On Jan. 25, 2002, Gary Barnes, 41, was working as a roofer at a home in Mission ...

The parents of a 15-year-old girl killed in a head-on collision with a semi tractor-trailer have settled their Jackson County lawsuit for $9.5 million. The settlement is believed to be the largest in Missouri history paid by a trucking company ...

A Merrill Lynch broker who claimed she was the victim of sex discrimination in the Clayton, Mo., branch office has been awarded $501,000 by a federal arbitration panel. The arbitrators unanimously found that Merrill Lynch paid plaintiff Kathleen Hardin less ...

An insurance company for Robert Courtney — the drug-diluting pharmacist who was hit with a $2.2 billion verdict last year — has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a Jackson County class action brought by Courtney’s victims. The settlement ...

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 ...