A dramatic sequence of events sparked by a hit-and-run accident resulted in a double policy limit for a woman who sustained serious injuries to her foot. On June 28, 2014, an off-duty police officer was driving with his wife and ...

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A man who suffered back injuries in a rear-end collision reached a $590,000 settlement with the defendant’s insurer, according to his attorney. Kevin J. Roach of the Law Offices of Kevin J. Roach in Chesterfield said the accident occurred on ...

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A St. Charles County jury has awarded nearly $100,000 to a 56-year-old St. Charles man who was injured in a two-car collision on Christmas Eve 2016. Kenneth E. Hunn Jr. sued James A. Mainieri, 25, of O’Fallon, in October 2017. ...

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A Platte County jury found mostly in favor of a man who was badly burned while working on an old car. The jury on Sept. 11 awarded $8 million to plaintiff Jeffrey Bash but found him 20 percent responsible for ...

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A woman injured in a trucking accident in Effingham County, Illinois, received $1.5 million after entering binding mediation with the responsible party, according to her attorney. Attorney Kevin J. Roach said his client was asleep in her cab when she ...

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Many lawsuits against railroads involve allegations of a lack of safety devices. In a case in Cape Girardeau County that resulted in a $17 million plaintiff’s win, the safety device was the issue. A jury on Aug. 30 awarded $12 ...

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A man whose family died in a car crash reached a $1.75 million settlement following litigation about the defendant’s insurer’s level of liability, according to the family’s attorney. AW Smith of The AW Smith Law Firm in Columbia said the ...

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A truck crash that killed a woman and severely injured her adult daughter resulted in a $4 million total settlement, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs. Robert D. Curran of the Curran Law Firm in Springfield said the accident ...

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An Illinois woman who was struck from behind by a truck during her morning commute in East St. Louis settled a federal suit against the other driver and his employer for $550,000. Wendy Zeller, 45, was driving her 2008 Hyundai ...

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A woman injured in a collision in downtown Kansas City received $125,000 in payments from two insurers, according to her attorney. Laurie L. Del Percio of The Horn Law Firm said Diedre Twenter was a passenger in her husband’s 2004 ...

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A Joplin law firm representing the estate of an Arkansas man killed in a head-on collision reached a $1 million settlement with an Illinois trucking company and the driver of the tractor-trailer truck that swerved to avoid an ATV that ...

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