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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An Independence man who was injured while trying to extricate his vehicle after it slid into a ditch settled an uninsured-motorist claim with his employer’s insurer for $500,000. The plaintiff, identified by his attorney as P.T., was injured on the ...

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Clark v. Dairy Farmers of America (MLW No. 71379/Case No. SD34826 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.)

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Malam v. State (MLW No. 67983/Case No. SD33620 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Burrell, J.)

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Young v. Boone Electric Cooperative (MLW No. 67658/Case No. WD76567 – 39 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)

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Whiteley v. City of Poplar Bluff (MLW No. 62870/Case No. SD31287 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis, P.J.

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State ex rel. KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company v. Cook (MLW No. 62742/Case No. WD7342 – 64 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.)

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A motorist who rear-ended another vehicle has reached a $100,000 settlement of her Buchanan County case against the driver who allegedly caused the collision by stopping and partially blocking the interstate. Initially, the defense vigorously disputed liability because the plaintiff ...

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Steven B. Garner admits he’s not a great driver, but he makes up for it in his work for accident victims. For the second consecutive year, Missouri lawyers voted Garner the best lawyer in this category. He fell into this ...

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An elderly couple settled with a motorcycle training school for $975,000 over a 2006 parking lot accident that left the 82-year-old woman with a broken hip. The woman, Doris Friend, was loading items into her parked car when a student ...

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The bad economy apparently made no difference to a Jackson County jury that awarded a woman $2.5 million late last week. The award to Adrienne Garrison Wayman, of Grain Valley, compensates her for injuries she suffered in a 2005 accident ...

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