Chillicothe resident Michael Hague has been awarded a total of $150,000 from two insurance policies after a two-car collision on U.S. Highway 65 in Livingston County left him with back and shoulder injuries.

Tagged with: car accident Verdicts & Settlements

A passenger who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident has reached a $1.25 million global settlement of his Johnson County, Kan., case against the drivers of both vehicles involved in the collision. The settlement included $900,000 from ...

Tagged with: car accident

A small-business owner who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury when her car was rear-ended by a semi-trailer has reached a $1.67 million settlement of her case against the truck driver and his employer. Deborah Butner, 46, was driving a ...

Tagged with: car accident

A Kansas City jury returned a $650,000 verdict in favor of a Kansas City man for injuries he sustained after a semitrailer struck his vehicle in late 2006. The jury also found the man, Leo Martinez, 50 percent at fault, ...

Tagged with: car accident

Harness v. Southern Copyroll, Inc. (MLW No. 59331/Case No. SD29309 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.) Death Benefits – Car Accident – ‘Arose Out Of’ Where an employee was killed in a car accident while ...

Tagged with: car accident Death Benefits

A more than two-week trial over a fiery crash ended with a resounding victory for Ford. The family of a 15-year-old boy killed in the crash will end up with $200,000, a jury decided. But jurors found the driver, who had been drinking, was 80 percent at fault. They said the boy, riding in the back of the vehicle, held 20 percent of the blame. Ford Motor Co. was not liable for the accident, they held after deliberating for about three hours and ruling late Wednesday.

Tagged with: car accident Ford Motor Co. John Simon

A motorist injured in a collision with an electrical truck has reached a $1.75 million settlement of his Greene County case against the electrical contractor and its employee. A severe ice storm passed through Springfield in January 2007, knocking out ...

Tagged with: car accident Greene County

A Jackson County jury cleared a truck driver of negligence in a personal injury case brought by a motorist who collided with the defendants’ 18-wheeler. Joyce Maskil, 52, was driving a 1996 Ford Escort north on Interstate 29 near the ...

Tagged with: car accident Negligence

A Jackson County jury awarded $469,000 to a motorist injured in a collision with a drunken driver. The verdict included $269,000 in punitive damages. In closing arguments, Kansas City plaintiff’s counsel Brian T. Meyers argued “it would be a shame” ...

Tagged with: car accident drunken driver Jackson County

Most people like to think that everyone should be treated the same, no matter their race, religion or economic status. This is especially true in the justice system, in which any form of discrimination goes against everything the system should ...

Tagged with: car accident discrimination drunken driving jurors

A woman has reached a $2.45 million settlement in her case against a commercial vehicle operator that injured her in a car accident. In August 2005, the woman, 54 at the time, was driving in Clay County. A truck working ...

Tagged with: car accident Clay County