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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A woman injured in a car accident won a modest award from jurors in Greene County who found the defendant 100 percent responsible but elected not to award punitive damages. “The jury came back with $10,000, which is what she ...

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A boy severely injured by an inebriated pickup-truck operator settled a suit against the driver and his insurer for a total of $1.35 million. The settlement was the largest of four connected to the crash on July 17, 2017 in ...

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A 48-year-old school bus driver injured in a 2013 collision in St. Charles County was awarded $275,000 following a two-day jury trial. Kimberly Draper of St. Charles suffered a superior labral tear in her shoulder, from anterior to posterior (also ...

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A woman who was badly injured when she was hit by a van reached a $2.5 million settlement with the driver and his employer, according to the plaintiff’s attorney. Tim J. Riemann of Funk Riemann in Kansas City said his ...

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An Illinois body-shop owner injured in a February 2018 rear-end collision settled a claim with the other driver as well as her own insurer for a total of $500,000. Shelly A. Robke of Germantown, Illinois, suffered back and spinal injuries ...

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A 32-year-old motorist injured in a four-car collision on Interstate 64 in St. Louis County settled a lawsuit against a Cape Girardeau-based company and its employee for $350,000. Manohar Prathipati of Creve Couer was stopped in traffic on the innermost ...

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A St. Louis County jury sided with a central Missouri tractor-trailer driver accused of injuring another motorist after allegedly hitting the man’s car. Overland resident Jason Hertweck sued Lazer Spot Inc., a national transportation-yard management company, and employee John William ...

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A 53-year-old Kansas City motorcyclist who needed multiple surgeries and missed several months of work after colliding with a pickup truck last September has settled a claim with the other driver’s insurer for $1.25 million. J. McCune was riding his ...

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A couple from Harrison, Arkansas agreed to settle their suit against the driver of the vehicle that struck their car and injured them for $1.9 million, according to their attorney, Nick Smart of Strong-Garner-Bauer in Springfield. The crash occurred on ...

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