Plaintiff appealed from the summary judgment entered for defendants. Plaintiff had filed suit on behalf of his minor child for injuries the child suffered from a dog bite. The dog was kept on premises owned by defendants that they leased ...

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A Clay County dog owner attacked by her own pet will receive a $160,000 settlement from the agency that allowed her to adopt it. Elizabeth Seymour sued the KC Pet Project in connection to injuries she received from an American ...

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The family of a northwest Missouri child bitten in the face by a loose dog settled a lawsuit against the pet’s owners for more than $150,000. Katie Loralye Leivan, 4, of Maryville was playing in her grandparents’ yard in the ...

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A jury verdict returned on March 8 in St. Louis County Circuit Court may be the highest to date for a claim under the dog-bite statute enacted a decade ago. Jurors awarded damages of $250,000 to the plaintiff, a minor ...

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A woman attacked by a friend’s pit bull received a $200,000 settlement for her injuries.

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A Jackson County jury split on an award for less than a third of what a woman had sought after suffering a dog bite that required more than 20 stitches.

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Walden v. Smith (MLW No. 66277/Case No. WD75982 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

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A girl bitten by a dog in a rural area of Kansas secured a $170,000 settlement, despite significant hurdles in the case.

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Miles v. Rich (MLW No. 62129/Case No. ED95112 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Knaup Crane, P.J.)

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