A young girl injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash reached two settlements totaling $1 million with the ATV’s driver and owners. Jim Avery of Schultz & Myers in St. Louis, an attorney for the 10-year-old girl, said the plaintiff suffered ...

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A woman whose hip was fractured in a motor-vehicle accident settled her claims for $250,000, according to her attorney. Richard J. Zalasky of Brown & Crouppen said that on May 30, 2018, Evelyn Ware, of south St. Louis County, was ...

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A Kansas City man reached a $100,000 settlement against a driver who allegedly caused a head-on collision, according to his attorney. John Fischesser of Brown & Crouppen said that on Aug. 5, 2018, Gerald Harris II was driving eastbound on ...

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Jurors returned a $1 million verdict for injuries suffered in a car accident that barely left scratches on the plaintiff’s 2011 Toyota Prius. “The bumper wasn’t even dented, so that was a big hurdle for us, something we knew would ...

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A Kansas City woman who was injured by an Overland Park, Kansas, driver in a rear-end collision received a $40,000 award from Jackson County jurors. “It was on icy roads,” said Jared Rose, who represented the plaintiff. “My client was ...

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A 63-year-old motorcyclist whose injuries from a 2016 collision led to an above-the-knee amputation settled a lawsuit against another motorist and that man’s employer for about $3.29 million. On April 15, 2016, St. Charles County resident Gregory James Kneemiller was ...

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A claim of negligent entrustment helped to secure a $1.15 million settlement in a crash involving two college students and a car owned by one of their fathers. “My guy was driving a car around a curve when a BMW ...

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A St. Louis area man injured in a car accident won a $200,000 jury award. The defendant, Daniel Jinson, went to change lanes and drove into the driver’s side door of plaintiff Juan Contreras — “just a sideswipe kind of ...

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A woman who claimed a traffic accident was partially responsible for injuries she suffered a day later in a gym class won just $5,000 from a Jefferson County jury. The suit later settled for $7,500 while on appeal. Defendant Benjamin ...

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An accident that left only a scrape and a broken taillight netted an award of $430,000 for a Christian County driver struck at an intersection. “As she was sitting there, a large pickup that was pulling a flat-bed trailer with ...

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The family of a man fatally struck by a truck while mowing next to a road settled for a total of $2.25 million from multiple insurance sources, according to the survivors’ attorney. AW Smith of The AW Smith Law Firm ...

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