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A driver injured in a traffic accident will take home $50,000 thanks to a plaintiff’s verdict by a Jefferson County jury. Millis Don Massey had a green arrow as he turned left onto Interstate 55 from eastbound Highway 141 in ...

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Attorneys for a 5-year-old girl who was rendered quadriplegic in an accident with a school bus have settled with the bus driver’s insurer for $7.3 million. The settlement, which obtained judicial approval on Dec. 11, was unusual in that it ...

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A $350,000 settlement has concluded the wrongful-death case of a woman who perished weeks after a serious car crash, according to the plaintiff’s attorney. Todd Johnson of Votava Nantz & Johnson represented the surviving family of Brenda Register, who suffered ...

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A woman who tripped over a box while entering a store will be compensated with a $30,000 settlement for her injuries. Magdalena John sued the Leather Trading Co. after a store employee had propped an entryway door open with a ...

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A St. Louis County woman injured in a 2014 rear-end collision on westbound Interstate 70 has settled a claim with the other driver’s insurer for $1.2 million. The 51-year-old Wildwood resident, whose attorney requested that her name not be used, ...

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A million-dollar settlement will compensate a worker injured when a cement truck backed over his foot. Kevin Miller was assisting the driver of the truck at a construction site by keeping an eye out behind the vehicle to ensure the ...

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A summer 2017 boating accident at Lake of the Ozarks that injured three people has led to a combined six-figure insurance settlement for an Independence woman, her adult daughter and the younger woman’s boyfriend. The collision between an 18-foot Regal ...

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Pettis County jurors decided a Sedalia car dealer did not mislead a woman who traded in her vehicle as part of a deal that left her owning a model with fewer features. Plaintiff Marie F. Pyke claimed that Williams-Woody Nissan ...

Tagged with: Missouri Merchandising Practices Act

A Jackson County judge on Tuesday awarded $525,449 in front pay to a woman who alleged in a lawsuit that Centene Corp. and AcariaHealth Pharmacy Inc. fired her for refusing to unlawfully submit Medicaid services for reimbursement, bringing her total award to $2.1 million.

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The widow and three children of a man who drowned in a Jefferson City motel hot tub have settled a wrongful-death claim against the owner for slightly less than $1.2 million. The mid-July settlement with All Ready Rentals LLC, owner ...

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A man and woman who were injured in a rear-end collision in St. Louis County have agreed to settle their lawsuit against the other driver for $1 million, according to their attorney. Ryan R. Cox of Ryan R. Cox & ...

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