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An Aurora police officer has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a wrongful-death suit brought by the children of a man he fatally shot in 2016 following a pursuit. On April 29, U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark approved the ...

A retired gym teacher from Ohio who was injured in a collision on Interstate 64 near downtown St. Louis has reached a settlement of $2.1 million with two insurers related to the other driver, according to her attorney, Richard D. ...

A case involving an accident with a phantom vehicle has been resolved with a judgment against the injured party’s insurer. “On the highway, my client was rear-ended, and the vehicle subsequently drove off,” said Shannon Dawson of Dawson Law Firm. ...

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A St. Louis County jury found a doctor was not negligent in the case of an Illinois woman who suffered partial blindness after the doctor referred her to another physician. “The allegation of negligence boiled down to Dr. Thomas’ referral ...

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A bid by potential buyers of a car dealership in south St. Louis County to close the deal through the courts broke down in October when a jury declined to compel the sale. “Procedurally, this was a unique case,” said ...

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A woman who alleged she suffered mismanagement of her post-surgery care reached a $1.875 million settlement, according to her attorney. Ashley Ricket of the Ricket Law Firm in Kansas City said beginning the day after her surgery, the plaintiff made ...

A 57-year-old Jefferson County man involved in a December 2017 hit-and-run collision with a teen motorist facing drugged-driving charges settled an injury claim with the other driver’s insurer for $100,000. Mark Hudson of Hillsboro was driving his 2007 Saturn Ion ...

A couple from Harrison, Arkansas agreed to settle their suit against the driver of the vehicle that struck their car and injured them for $1.9 million, according to their attorney, Nick Smart of Strong-Garner-Bauer in Springfield. The crash occurred on ...

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The family of a child who died when she became entangled in the pull cord of a window blind reached a $1.525 million settlement with the blind’s retailer and manufacturer, according to the plaintiffs’ attorney. James T. Corrigan of O’Leary, ...

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The parents of a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle last year in Independence have agreed to settle their lawsuit against the driver for $2 million, according to the family’s attorneys. Nicholas Hinrichs of the Hinrichs Law ...

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A case involving an awkwardly placed piece of luggage at a hotel breakfast buffet that led to the death of an Oklahoma woman concluded with an $800,000 settlement. “They had plenty of personnel in the room that would have been ...

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