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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on April 16 said an insurance company deserves a new trial against a St. Louis-area couple alleged to have submitted fraudulent claims of fire damage.

A 52-year old man who was injured in a crash with a semi-truck settled with the truck’s driver and the motor carrier’s insurer for $6.8 million, according to his attorney.

A man injured by a charging dog reached a $100,000 settlement with its owner, according to the plaintiff’s attorney.

A man injured when another driver lost control on a Kansas City-area highway reached a $100,000 settlement, according to his attorney.

A Missouri appeals court has affirmed a defense verdict in the case of a man who alleged a St. Joseph emergency room doctor failed to diagnose symptoms leading to his disabling brain aneurysm in 2011.

A Missouri driver who was injured in an accident on Interstate 70 settled for $700,000 after a teenage motorist collided with his vehicle.

A former resident’s sexual-abuse claim against a Jefferson County nursing home and three of its employees has been rejected at arbitration.

A 64-year-old Arkansas man who was injured in a head-on collision in February 2019 settled claims against the other driver as well as his own insurer for a total of $500,000.

The city of St. Louis reached a $135,000 settlement with three water supervisors who alleged they were misclassified and denied significant amounts of overtime.

A 90-year-old Fulton man who broke his hip while fleeing from a neighbor’s dog settled a claim with the woman’s insurer for $140,000.

A teenage passenger who was injured when his friend’s car crashed on the way home from a party reached a $2 million settlement, according to his attorney.