A Jasper County jury awarded $900,000 to a Joplin teenager whose car was struck by another teen who was alleged to be texting while driving. The jury assessed 16 percent of the fault to plaintiff Olivia Kelly, resulting in a ...

Tagged with: Jasper County Joplin Safeco Insurance Company Sticklen & Dreyer The Law Office of Stephanie Warmund

On a fall day in 2018, Eduardo Boom came close to making himself one of 22. The former U.S. Army helicopter door gunner was ready to end his life. Boom, 34, said he struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder as well ...

Tagged with: camps Jasper County Missouri ptsd veterans

On a fall day in 2018, Eduardo Boom came close to making himself one of 22. The former U.S. Army helicopter door gunner was ready to end his life. Boom, 34, said he struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder as well ...

Tagged with: camps Jasper County Missouri ptsd veterans

A New Orleans-based fundraiser agreed to pay $39,200 after an investigation revealed that she had taken part of the money she collected for tornado relief in Joplin and spent it on herself.

Tagged with: fraud Jasper County Joplin tornado Verdicts & Settlements

Sunday’s tornado in Joplin destroyed the homes or offices of at least 16 attorneys, according to an updated count on Thursday provided by Traci Martin, president of the Jasper County Bar Association.

Tagged with: Jasper County Joplin tornado

The Missouri Supreme Court in a 4-3 ruling that runs nearly 100 pages threw out a Jasper County judge’s order terminating the parental rights of a Guatemalan woman and handing her son, Carlos, to a Carthage couple.

Tagged with: adoption immigration Jasper County

Plaintiff Julianne Belt of Republic received a settlement of $1.04 million after her daughter was killed in an automobile accident. On May 3, 2008, Jodie Wharf, 18, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by her friend Tesslah Lee, a ...

Tagged with: Jasper County wrongful death

A Jasper County jury returned a verdict in favor of a Joplin truck repair business accused of making faulty repairs to a motor home. Plaintiff had claimed the steering failed on the motor home resulting in a collision and serious ...

Tagged with: Jasper County Texas

A motorist injured in a rear-end collision with a Jasper County sheriff’s deputy has reached a $150,000 settlement of her claims against the deputy and county. Pamela Allen, a 48-year-old resident of Lockwood, was driving her Pontiac Grand Prix on ...

Tagged with: Jasper County

A Jasper County jury awarded a woman $825,000 after she alleged her surgeon committed malpractice in treating her knee. Rebecca Adkins went to trial against Midwest Orthopaedic Surgery in Joplin. Her attorney dropped the case against her individual doctor, David ...

Tagged with: Jasper County medical malpractice

A Jasper County jury awarded a verdict of $550,000 to a 54-year-old man from Seneca against an occupational medicine physician and her employer. On March 27, 2006, plaintiff John Brooks fell at his job at a factory that produces condensed ...

Tagged with: Jasper County