Hefty jury verdict is a family affair
A Greene County jury sided with a southwest Missouri woman who sued her father after she was severely injured in a 2011 interstate accident in Oklahoma while on a family trip to Dallas.
Collision case results in low jury verdict for plaintiff
A rear-end collision has resulted in a $10,000 verdict for the plaintiff in a case in which fault was not disputed.
Buchanan County plaintiff settles injury case for millions
A Buchanan County woman settled her personal injury lawsuit for $2.75 million in July.
Insurer settles claim with Excelsior Springs widow
The widow of a 54-year-old Excelsior Springs man killed in a November 2012 car crash in rural Clay County has settled a claim against the couple’s insurer.
Injured motorist settles claims in collision case
A motorist who suffered a severely fractured leg during a collision has settled his claims for $317,500. The settlement included $67,500 in underinsured motorist coverage. “It was difficult to reach a settlement in this case because the parties had significant disagreements about the amount of the medical bills that would be allowed into evidence,” pursuant […]
Jury finds man partly to blame in bus crash
A man injured when a school bus collided with his van won $500,000 from a jury in St. Louis. The jury found the man 10 percent at fault, which lowered the final amount to $450,000. John Sanders sued Durham School Services after the May 2007 accident. According to the lawsuit, Sanders was driving a van […]
It’s no California, but Missouri has some large awards
The motor vehicle accident category always ranks high in our verdicts and settlements listings. Last week I noticed an article published by one of our sister publications, Lawyers USA, that detailed a recent California jury verdict of $49 million in a trucking accident. According to the article, the accident occurred when one truck driver fell […]
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