An accident involving a school bus driver alleged to have been texting while behind the wheel resulted in a $150,000 settlement for a fellow motorist.

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A woman injured in a St. Louis County crash reached a $1 million settlement with the driver, according to her attorney.

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Defendant, trustee for the heirs and next-of-kin of P.B., appealed from the district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings to plaintiff in its declaratory-judgment action. P.B. was killed in a motor-vehicle accident with his grandmother Dawn Chiodo and Chiodo’s ...

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According to a personal injury lawyer the district court properly applied the statutory definition of an “insured,” there was no error in denying defendant’s claim for UIM benefits. Defendant, trustee for the heirs and next-of-kin of P.B., appealed from the district court’s ...

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The parties cross-appealed from the judgment in plaintiff’s motor-vehicle-accident case. Defendant appealed the entire judgment and the denial of her motion for a new trial, while plaintiff challenged the reduction of the verdict based upon the percentage of fault assessed ...

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Plaintiffs appealed from the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in their motor-vehicle negligence claim. Plaintiffs sought damages from Roy Brice, who rear-ended a vehicle; the accident caused a severe backup on the highway. Plaintiffs were caught in the ...

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A St. Louis accident left a man with elbow injuries and a $250,000 verdict against the driver of a box truck. “It was a pretty good crash,” said Ben Sansone of Sansone & Lauber. “The box truck actually flipped over.” ...

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Plaintiff suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a rental truck driven by Patricia Hollandsworth and rented by Daniel Clymens. Hollandsworth was moving her belonging from Clymens’ house; Clymens had an auto policy issued by defendant. Hollandsworth rejected defendant’s ...

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  Plaintiff appealed from the district court’s grant of declaratory judgment to defendant, plaintiff’s auto insurer, after defendant refused to convey UIM coverage following plaintiff’s car accident, pursuant to the definition of an underinsured motorist and the anti-stacking provision in ...

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A St. Louis County jury has awarded a $2.5 million verdict to a woman whose car was struck in a T-bone collision by a man pulling out of his driveway. “It was a damages case,” said Christopher Finney of Finney ...

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A man whose classic car was hit from behind will take home an award of more than $41,000 for property damage and bodily injury but will not receive punitive damages or pain-and-suffering compensation. Douglas Johnson sued Ivan Ordonez in March ...

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