The estate of a longtime power company worker who died of mesothelioma reached a settlement of more than $791,000, according to the family’s attorney. Randall Barnes of Barnes & Associates in Jefferson City said the decedent, August Dudenhoeffer, worked for ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Feb. 18 that the family of a man who died from asbestos exposure cannot recover under an enhanced-benefit law that was enacted long after his employer went out of business. In a 5-2 decision, the ...

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Jurors in St. Louis on Aug. 22 found that Ford Motor Company was liable for the lung illness suffered by a South County man who worked as a mechanic at automobile dealerships from the 1960s to the 1980s. According to ...

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The Court of Appeals Eastern District says the family of a man who died from asbestos exposure can recover under Missouri’s enhanced-benefits law, even though it was enacted decades after his employer went out of business. In a split ruling ...

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Poage v. Crane Co. (MLW No. 70494/Case No. ED103953 – 43 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dolan, J.)

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Poage v. Crane Co. (MLW No. 70494/Case No. ED103953 – 43 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dolan, J.)

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A debate over the fate of the Second Injury Fund will continue. The Missouri Senate last week spent days working on a bill that would put more money into the nearly insolvent fund while limiting the types of disabilities it covers, but lawmakers reached no resolution.

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A Clay County jury awarded $4.5 million on Wednesday in a family’s wrongful death asbestos lawsuit. The suit was brought by the wife and two children of a Kansas City ceiling tile installer, Robert Wagner. Wagner worked for various contractors ...

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A Clay County jury awarded $4.5 million in a family’s asbestos wrongful death case. Robert Wagner, of Kansas City, worked as a ceiling tile installer for more than 30 years and was exposed to a variety of materials containing asbestos. Wagner developed ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court, siding with a CSX Corp. unit and the railroad industry, set aside a $5 million award to a man who said his 33-year career as a company electrician was to blame for his brain damage and ...

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