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A Jefferson County woman won a settlement of nearly $500,000 after she was seriously injured in a low-speed crash, according to her attorneys. Matt Jett and Christopher Finney said their client, Cindy Houck, was waiting at the intersection of Highway ...

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A Jackson County jury awarded slightly more than $1 million in damages to a Kansas City woman who alleged she suffered a botched tubal ligation. Kathleen M. Hagen of Watson & Dameron, who represented plaintiff Maria Ordinola Velasquez, said she ...

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A St. Louis County jury rejected a medical-malpractice claim by the family of a man who died following his admission to Mercy Hospital for atrial fibrillation. The jury deliberated for about two hours following a seven-day trial in July. The ...

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A Missouri appeals court has affirmed a $3.5 million verdict for a railroad conductor who was injured in a 2013 train collision in Kansas. On Nov. 26, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled in ...

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A black St. Louis police captain who claimed he was made a scapegoat to cover up misconduct by a group of white officers settled a suit against the city for more than $1.1 million. Former Chief Sam Dotson fired Ryan ...

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A St. Louis circuit judge properly granted a new trial in a gender-discrimination case that previously resulted in a $7.3 million verdict against United Parcel Service, a Missouri appeals court has ruled. On Nov. 26, a three-judge panel of the ...

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A young girl injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash reached two settlements totaling $1 million with the ATV’s driver and owners. Jim Avery of Schultz & Myers in St. Louis, an attorney for the 10-year-old girl, said the plaintiff suffered ...

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The family of a 60-year-old mid-Missouri man killed in a collision involving an uninsured driver reached a $1.025 million settlement of a wrongful-death complaint with multiple insurers. Steven Tracy Smart of Tebbetts died at the scene of the collision on ...

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A St. Louis County jury found the city of Berkeley violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to provide suitable accommodations to a 31-year-old corrections officer who was terminated soon after he was hospitalized with a heart ailment. ...

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A federal judge in Kansas City awarded $22.75 million in damages to a Missouri state court judge and a professional golfer who were defrauded by a longtime acquaintance. In her Nov. 22 judgment, Chief U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips found ...

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A woman whose hip was fractured in a motor-vehicle accident settled her claims for $250,000, according to her attorney. Richard J. Zalasky of Brown & Crouppen said that on May 30, 2018, Evelyn Ware, of south St. Louis County, was ...

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