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A St. Louis County bar agreed to pay $1.22 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed after an argument about the weight of a dog became heated. The March 12 settlement came exactly one month ...
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Jurors side with defendant in case of fatal truck accident
Jackson County jurors found against the son of a trucker who claimed his father’s traffic death was the result of negligence by the vehicle mechanic who worked on his tractor trailer. “It was a surprising verdict actually,” said James D. ...
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Read More »Family resolves suit for man’s choking death at nursing home
The family of a man who choked to death at a Kansas City nursing home reached a $1 million settlement, according to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Attorneys Brett Williams Brown & Crouppen and Jonathan Steele of The Steele Law Firm said ...
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Read More »Injuries from Oklahoma crash resolved pre-suit with insurer
A passenger injured in a crash on an Oklahoma highway reached a $200,000 pre-suit settlement with the car’s driver, according to his attorney. Laurie Del Percio of The Horn Law Firm in Independence said claimant Michael Smith was riding as ...
Read More »Jury assesses no fault in teens’ fatal crash
A Jackson County jury deliberated for just 80 minutes before siding with the estate of a deceased teen in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a second teen who also died in the one-car, early-morning wreck. Michael Anthony ...
Read More »Shopper hit in head with box wins jury verdict
A Cass County jury awarded $500,000 to a woman who was hit in the back of the head by a 20-pound box at a grocery store. Patricia “Page” Kilcourse and her husband, Thomas, sued Iowa-based Hy-Vee Inc. in December 2015, ...
Read More »Jury rejects claim in teens’ 2011 highway car accident
St. Louis County jurors took only two hours to reject a request that they award $1.6 million to a teen who was severely injured in a 2011 car wreck. The negligence case was brought by plaintiff Elizabeth Campanella, who was ...
Read More »Jury awards Jackson Co. deputy in harassment, retaliation suit
A deputy’s sexual harassment and retaliation suit against Jackson County has resulted in a $761,987 judgment against the county — slightly more than double the amount of the initial verdict in March. Judge Roger M. Prokes of the 4th Circuit, ...
Read More »Girl bitten by dog reaches settlement with owners
The family of a northwest Missouri child bitten in the face by a loose dog settled a lawsuit against the pet’s owners for more than $150,000. Katie Loralye Leivan, 4, of Maryville was playing in her grandparents’ yard in the ...
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Read More »Bicyclist collects $80K after tumbling, falling against defendant’s vehicle
A cyclist will collect $80,000 after an accident in which both sides claimed carelessness by the other. “He was riding his bicycle in the City of St. Louis on the sidewalk,” said Steven Gelfman of Hoffman & Gelfman. “The other ...
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Read More »Wreck lawsuit settles after dispute with insurers
A Blue Springs woman seriously injured in a March 2017 collision with a pickup truck reached a $3.5 million settlement of a suit alleging negligence on the part of the other driver and his employers as well as bad faith ...
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