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The Court of Appeals Eastern District restored a nearly $1.9 million jury verdict against the St. Louis Metro, finding that a federal regulation trumps a state statute that limited the agency’s liability. Mary J. Moore suffered back injuries in 2013 ...

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The family of a man killed in a wreck of a medical transport van reached a $1 million settlement with the van’s operators and another driver, according to the family’s attorney. Christopher A. Allen of Goldblatt Singer represented the survivors ...

Tagged with: Goldblatt Singer Wrongful Death Case

The University of Missouri has agreed to pay $360,000 to settle two lawsuits brought by a University of Missouri-Kansas City professor who alleged that he was retaliated against for reporting the abusive behavior of his colleague, Ashim Mitra. According to ...

Tagged with: Ashim Mitra Board of Curators Jackson County Circuit Court Mridul Mukherji Retaliation UMKC University of Missouri

A panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $21.5 million settlement between Monsanto and a national class of plaintiffs who claimed the labeling on the concentrated version of the herbicide Roundup was misleading. The settlement, ...

Tagged with: Class Action Settlement Monsanto Roundup U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

A St. Louis jury awarded more than $18.25 million to a young girl who suffered permanent injuries after she was repeatedly brought to the emergency room but wasn’t admitted. Shortly after the May 22 verdict, the parties reached a confidential ...

Tagged with: Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital medical malpractice Saint Louis University The Simon Law Firm

A Kansas City couple who previously sued Clay County’s collector of revenue after they were blocked from participating in the county tax sale has reached a $25,000 settlement with two other counties they also alleged blocked them from participating. Dawn ...

Tagged with: Civil Conspiracy Dawn Yoest Joel Yoest Pettis County Ray County U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

A Jackson County circuit judge awarded a Kansas City man more than $4.25 million in damages in his suit against a Raytown nursing home for the death of his wife, although the defendant lacks insurance to pay the award. Judge ...

Tagged with: Edgewood Manor Nursing Home PHEM The Gorny Law Firm wrongful death lawsuit

The corporate structure related to the former St. Louis Rams has agreed to pay up to $25 million to plaintiffs alleging that the NFL team was dishonest about its 2016 departure for Los Angeles and thereby caused the plaintiffs to ...

Tagged with: class action lawsuit NFL Rams St. Louis Stan Kroenke

An Illinois woman who was struck from behind by a truck during her morning commute in East St. Louis settled a federal suit against the other driver and his employer for $550,000. Wendy Zeller, 45, was driving her 2008 Hyundai ...

Tagged with: Lieser Law Firm Motor vehicle collision U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

A federal judge has approved a $55 million class-action settlement in a pioneering lawsuit involving fees charged by a St. Louis company’s retirement plan. The law firm of Schlichter Bogard & Denton originally announced the agreement March 28 against ABB ...

Tagged with: ABB Inc. ERISA Schlichter Bogard & Denton U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey

A company whose driver had a seizure and killed the occupant of a vehicle stopped at a red light paid a settlement of nearly $5.9 million, according to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Johnny M. Simon of The Simon Law Firm said ...

Tagged with: The Powell Law Firm The Simon Law Firm Wrongful Death Case