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A confidential $15.5 million settlement has been reached in a suit stemming from a rear-end collision between a vehicle and a semi parked on a rural highway that severely injured a 3-year-old boy. Charles A. “Chip” Gentry, of Call & ...

A Kansas City woman who nearly died from an abdominal wall hematoma while pregnant and lost her unborn son recently won a $2.5 million verdict from a Clay County jury in her case against a North Kansas City Hospital emergency ...

A Jackson County jury found in favor of an emergency room physician accused of negligence in a case that resulted in a woman’s death. The jury returned the defense verdict May 6 following a five-day trial and about two hours ...

A Jackson County circuit judge has denied a motion for a new trial in the case of an Oklahoma woman suing two pelvic mesh manufacturers. Judge Robert Schieber’s order was filed Friday without comment on his decision. The plaintiff in ...

An Independence firm has announced a $1.2 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of a deceased Maryland college football player against the NCAA, two helmet manufacturers and three Frostburg State University employees. The case stems from ...

A Jackson County jury sided with two physicians in a medical negligence case where a mother said her child’s injuries stemmed from the child’s birth. Ranisha Parker filed the suit on behalf of her daughter, Antenia Dinkins, in 2013 against ...

Despite only finding $1,000 in actual damages, a jury has awarded six figures in punitive damages to a doctor who claimed wrongful termination from a Springfield hospital. “She had complained over the years about different practices that she took issue ...

A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction on three parts of a Missouri law passed following the Affordable Care Act that restricted the actions of workers tasked with enrolling others in the federal healthcare exchange. Senior Judge Ortrie Smith ...

A Jackson County jury sided with two physicians in a medical negligence case where a mother said her child’s injuries stemmed from the child’s birth. Ranisha Parker filed the suit on behalf of her daughter, Antenia Dinkins, in 2013 against ...