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A St. Louis County jury has determined that a BMW dealer did not hide damage from buyers of a used vehicle. “[The plaintiffs] cited the certified pre-owned checklist where certain items were repaired or replaced on the car as part ...

Tagged with: Missouri Merchandising Practices Act Plaza BMW St. Louis County Circuit Court

A six-figure settlement from two insurance companies will compensate a motorcyclist who crashed when another driver allegedly blocked her path. On Sept. 18, 2016, Victoria Harris was turning left onto Missouri Highway 86 from an intersecting road in Newton County, ...

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A Kansas City jogger will collect $63,000 from a motorist who struck her while trying to avoid a traffic jam. Caylin Slavin was on an afternoon run in April 2016, when she stopped at a crosswalk at 27th and Cherry ...

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A St. Charles County jury sided with a pickup-truck driver sued by two athletes who claimed that injuries from a rear-end collision curtailed their chances at professional sports careers. The case later settled after a judge granted a new trial. ...

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A federal judge dismissed a couple’s product liability lawsuit against Bosch Thermotechnology Corp., which alleged that a Bosch water heater started a house fire at Millionaire’s Cove at Lake of the Ozarks. Thomas E. Howard and Janice K. Howard left ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Sept. 4 upheld a jury award of $3.8 million to a couple in Holt County whose farm was ravaged by floodwater after a railroad embankment collapsed. Thomas and Dana Tubbs had sued ...

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St. Louis County jurors have ruled that a doctor is not liable in the death of a woman who died after one of her blood vessels tore during a cardiac catheterization. Plaintiff Thomas Grellner is the surviving husband of patient ...

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The children of a woman killed in a fatal crash involving a dump truck have agreed to settle their wrongful-death lawsuit against the truck’s driver and two associated companies for $1.9 million, according to the family’s lawyers. Andrew Nantz and ...

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A Cass County man who suffered facial numbness in the wake of a car crash will receive $500,000 in compensation as a result of a recent settlement. Dennis Pittman was injured in 2015 after William Francis Keuchel failed to yield ...

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A motorcyclist planning a Navy career has received a $1.25 million settlement after colliding with a vehicle even though he faced several charges in relation to the crash in St. Louis County. Motorcyclist Troy William Moore, 20, of Eureka, broke ...

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A woman who alleged she suffered a brain injury in a motor-vehicle collision reached a $2.5 million settlement two months before the case was set to go to trial, according to her attorneys. The plaintiff, represented by Joshua P. Myers ...

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