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The outcomes of two recent medical malpractice cases show how defense attorneys can successfully navigate the challenges posed by suits involving death or severe injury. In a Greene County case, a 22-year-old woman died of pneumonia two days after being ...
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Officer Wins $600K Sex Harassment Verdict – She Called DARE Unit A Hostile Environment (129818)
A former police officer has won $600,000 in a sexual harassment case against the Kansas City Police Department. Rose Mitchell Ealy claimed that fellow officers and supervisors in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education unit repeatedly made offensive comments and created ...
Read More »Officer Wins $600K Sex Harassment Verdict – She Called DARE Unit A Hostile Environment (129822)
A former police officer has won $600,000 in a sexual harassment case against the Kansas City Police Department. Rose Mitchell Ealy claimed that fellow officers and supervisors in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education unit repeatedly made offensive comments and created ...
Read More »Officer Wins $600K Sex Harassment Verdict – She Called DARE Unit A Hostile Environment
A former police officer has won $600,000 in a sexual harassment case against the Kansas City Police Department. Rose Mitchell Ealy claimed that fellow officers and supervisors in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education unit repeatedly made offensive comments and created ...
Read More »Jehovah's Witness Dies Of Blood Loss After Surgery – $412K Verdict Reflects Her Comparative Fault
The family of a Jehovah’s Witness who died of blood loss after routine gallbladder surgery won $412,500 in their St. Louis County medical malpractice case against the surgeon. Because the patient, Linda Grissom, refused any blood transfusions due to her ...
Read More »Husband Murdered Wife To Get Life Insurance – Parents Sue Carriers For Overinsuring Her
It sounds like an episode of Law and Order — a 25-year-old woman dies on a camping trip with her husband, a minister, who says he found her body in a pond. Her grieving parents accept his story, and even ...
Read More »Builder Prevails In First Condominium Warranty Case – Owners Complained Of Construction Defects
A condominium developer has scored a defense win in the first condo warranty case tried in Missouri. Owners of the units complained of numerous construction defects in their lawsuit — above all, that their condos were in danger of sliding ...
Read More »Church Pays $1.6M To Boy Sexually Abused By Priest – Pay-Out Is Record For St. Louis Archdiocese
The parents of a 12-year-old boy who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest have settled their case against the Archdiocese of St. Louis for over $1.6 million. SETTLEMENT REPORT The parents, who claimed the Archdiocese had notice of the ...
Read More »MHTC Settles Claim Over Freak Accident For $550K – Pickup Left Overpass, Landed On Van Below
The children of a couple killed in a car accident have settled their Greene County lawsuit against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission for $550,000. David and Myra Stoke died when a pickup truck careened off an overpass on Interstate ...
Read More »'Black Box' Leads To Quick Car Accident Settlement – Many GMand Ford Models Have Data Recorders
Thanks to the information stored in an automobile’s “black box,” a 24-year-old woman injured in an accident has received a confidential settlement just five months after the crash. SETTLEMENT REPORT The black box, or crash data recorder, is the diagnostic ...
Read More »Bars Prevail In Dram Shop Lawsuit Filed By Passenger – Driver Of Car Had .237 Blood Alcohol Content
A man injured in a single-car accident after a night of drinking lost his dram shop case against two Jackson County bars. VERDICT REPORT Timothy Lee, a passenger in the car, claimed that the bars served driver Robert McMullen when ...
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