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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District held that a $2.1 million verdict against a defunct Kansas City car dealership will have to be tried again. But the court also held that the defendants’ insurer isn’t responsible for the $647,000 ...
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Jury finds Schnucks half at fault for slip-and-fall
Jurors in St. Louis returned a $400,000 verdict for a plaintiff in a slip-and-fall law-suit against Schnuck Markets, yet in effect they cut that award in half by finding the plaintiff to be 50 percent at fault. “It was certainly ...
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Read More »Woman, adult son collect from uninsured motorist policy
A Bates County man and his mother, both injured in a collision that killed a driver who hit their car head-on, settled an uninsured motorist lawsuit against their own insurer for a total of $320,000. Gene Allen Morris, 53, and ...
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Read More »Jurors side with surgeon in sinus- surgery claim
A mid-Missouri jury determined that any injuries suffered by a Pulaski County woman during her sinus operation were not the responsibility of the surgeon. “There is always some risk involved in a revision surgery more so than in an original ...
Read More »Company wipes out debts to resolve class suit
A debt collector wiped out the debts of dozens of people to settle a class-action suit alleging it had failed to properly serve papers. “Under Missouri law, if you want to use a special process server to serve papers, you ...
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Read More »Mother of cerebral palsy patient settles after fatal leg break
The mother of a 34-year-old woman with cerebral palsy who died after breaking her leg at a central Missouri assisted-living center settled a suit against the owners for $325,000. Jessica Bowers had been in the care of Pierce Home in ...
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Read More »Jury sides with truck company in accident dispute
A St. Louis County jury sided with a central Missouri tractor-trailer driver accused of injuring another motorist after allegedly hitting the man’s car. Overland resident Jason Hertweck sued Lazer Spot Inc., a national transportation-yard management company, and employee John William ...
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Read More »Jurors fault surgeon for patient’s stroke
A St. Charles County jury sided with a woman who sued a hand surgeon for medical malpractice after a stroke that she attributed to an unnecessary procedure. The jury awarded the former United Airlines flight attendant, a 23-year employee who ...
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Read More »Columbia settles with family of child struck, killed by officer
A Boone County judge has approved a $3.4 million wrongful-death settlement between the parents of a young girl fatally struck by a police officer and the city of Columbia. On May 6, Judge Kevin Krane approved the settlement, which stemmed ...
Read More »Jury award to Steak ’n Shake managers doubled to $6 million
A federal judge on May 10 doubled to $6 million a jury award to 286 current and former Steak ’n Shake managers who had won a wage-and-hour lawsuit earlier this year. U.S. District Judge John A. Ross in St. Louis ...
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Read More »Man settles with truck driver, employer after collision in Ellisville
A 65-year-old St. Charles County man who was injured when a commercial truck hit his Jeep from behind settled a suit against the other driver and the driver’s employer, a Cape Girardeau hardware store, for slightly more than $1.5 million. ...
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