A 23-year-old St. Charles County mother whose newborn died soon after labor and delivery complications settled a wrongful-death claim against St. Louis-based SSM Health for $750,000. Plaintiff’s attorney Matt O’Grady said his client’s infant daughter Ariel was declared dead 10 ...

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Boone County jurors decided that a doctor was not negligent in connection with nerve injuries suffered by a child during a difficult delivery. “The primary issue was whether or not Dr. [Kimberly] Morse applied too much traction, more than a ...

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A Jackson County jury decided that doctors at a Kansas City hospital were not liable for permanent injuries suffered by a pre-term baby at the center of a multi-million dollar medical malpractice matter. “It was a well-tried, hard-fought case on ...

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A female patient who alleged she suffered permanent injuries to her hand from a post-surgical blood clot reached an $800,000 out-of-court settlement with a Missouri hospital, according to her attorney. After undergoing heart surgery, the patient received an arterial line, ...

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A Sugar Creek couple has agreed to settle their medical-malpractice suit against The Children’s Mercy Hospital, bringing to a close an unusually contentious case marked by discovery disputes, atypical hostility between counsel and ultimately an attempt to remove the judge.

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A plaintiff who alleged negligence by a doctor during spinal surgery reached a $425,000 settlement, according to the plaintiff’s attorney. Brent A. Sumner of the Sumner Law Group in St. Louis said the defendant doctor allegedly malpositioned the screws during ...

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St. Charles County jurors determined that a mental health professional was not liable after a man murdered his family within hours of his last therapy session. Thomas Comer killed his wife Carole and two adult children, Rebecca Kelleher and John ...

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Where plaintiffs brought a medical-negligence action against their health care providers claiming that negligent post-operative medical care of an ovarian cyst resulted in the woman’s infertility and related complications, the judgment is reversed and remanded because the evidence raised a ...

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Plaintiffs sued defendant medical malpractice, alleging defendant failed to exercise reasonable care to counteract the side effects of medication it prescribed. During trial, the district court excluded plaintiff’s expert, concluding he was “not qualified to testify regarding the standard of ...

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Plaintiff appealed the adverse grant of summary judgment based on her lack of standing. Plaintiff filed suit against defendant on behalf of the estate of her deceased husband. Where the probate court reappointed plaintiff as administrator ab initio after she ...

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A Scott County jury awarded nearly $870,000 to the family of a man who died after suffering a year of complications from prostate surgery at a Sikeston hospital. Roosevelt Rhoden underwent a transurethral resection of the prostate at Missouri Delta ...

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