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$401,600 Verdict A pedestrian who was hit by a pickup truck sued the pickup driver and the driver’s employer. On Nov. 5, 2001 Patrick O’Brien was on his way to work at Holden Animal Clinic and Supply, Inc., driving his ...
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RR Hit For $4.8 Million After Sanctions For 'Spoliation' – 'Black Box' Missing After Crossing Accident
The parents of a teenager killed in a railroad crossing accident won a $4.8 million verdict in their Jackson County case against Kansas City Southern Railway. The verdict came on April 16 after the trial court sanctioned KC Southern for ...
Read More »Doctor Fired From Staff Wins $2M Against Hospital – He Claimed Retribution For Criticism On TV
A St. Louis County obstetrician who claimed St. Luke’s Hospital tried to destroy his practice after it terminated him from staff won over $2 million in his tortious interference case against the hospital. Dr. David L. Gearhart said that St. ...
Read More »Corporate Officer Wins On Wrongful Termination – Jury Awards $4M In Whistleblower Case
The former controller of Enterprise Rent-A-Car was awarded $4 million in his St. Louis County wrongful termination case. Thomas Dunn claimed that he was fired because he blew the whistle on illegal business practices within the company as it prepared ...
Read More »Fatal Altercation At Bar Leads To $1M Verdict – Bouncer Applied Chokehold To Patron
The mother of a man who died after an altercation with a barroom bouncer has won $1 million in her Jackson County lawsuit against the bar. Betty Wallingford claimed that her 48-year-old son blacked out after the bouncer put him ...
Read More »Neighbors Lose Suit Vs. Clay Mine Over Sediment In Lake – Experts: More Homeowners Resort To Courts
Defendant’s Verdict A homeowners association and 58 individual landowners in the Pinnacle Lake community in Montgomery County sued the St. Louis owner of a clay mine for trespass and nuisance. The association and the landowners claimed that the mine had ...
Read More »Patient Raped In Hospital Wins $268K For Negligence – Defense Said She Was 'Flirting' With Her Attacker
A 15-year-old who was raped in her hospital room by a teenage male patient has won $268,000 in her Jackson County negligence case against Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital. The plaintiff claimed that lax monitoring in the adolescent ward led to ...
Read More »MHTC Hit For $25 Million In Construction Zone Case – But Immunity May Limit Recovery To $125K
A man injured in a 1997 auto accident has won a $25 million verdict — thought to be a record in Clay County — against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission and the other driver who hit his car, but ...
Read More »Construction Worker Wins $30M For Electric Shock – Subcontractor Failed To Turn Off Power
A carpenter who received a 277-volt electric shock at a construction site has won a $30 million verdict in his Jackson County case against an electrical subcontractor. Plaintiff Virgil McCormack claimed that Capital Electrical Construction Co. was negligent in failing ...
Read More »Chiropractor Case Gets Attention Of Attorneys – $118K Verdict Shows Malpractice Is Viable
A recent $118,000 malpractice verdict against a chiropractor could ignite interest in a cause of action usually ignored by plaintiffs’ attorneys, according to the patient’s lawyer. Herman Praszkier, who represented Leslie Krieger in her St. Louis City case, said remarks ...
Read More »Boy's Death After Fall From Window Draws $18M Verdict – Mother Had Asked Property Mgr. For Guards
A St. Louis City jury awarded $18 million on Feb. 4 to the mother of a 4-year-old boy who was killed when he fell out the window of the family’s 11th-floor apartment in a public-housing complex. The mother, Carla Hill, ...
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