A 39-year-old mentally disabled woman who was sexually assaulted by another resident of a group home settled her claim for $1.75 million, according to her attorney. Jill Kanatzar of Dollar Burns & Becker in Kansas City said the victim, who ...

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A man who was taken into police custody at gunpoint while driving a rental vehicle settled with Hertz for $25,000 after alleging the company wrongly reported the car had been stolen, according to his attorney. Zachary D. Poole of ZDP ...

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  Where plaintiff and her husband challenged the admission of photographs of a damaged rental vehicle after a judgment for the plaintiff on her negligence action against a driver who rear-ended her vehicle, the judgment regarding the liability of respondents ...

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Where a man, who was injured at work when a co-worker allegedly allowed a roller door to fall on him, sued the co-worker for personal injury, the co-worker’s actions in loosening bolts and prying the door loose from wall anchors ...

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Where a plaintiff, who was injured when he fell from a bridge, appealed a directed verdict in favor of the city defendant, arguing that he made a submissible case for waiver of the city’s sovereign immunity, the judgment is reversed ...

Tagged with: Dangerous Condition Negligence personal injury Sovereign Immunity

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled May 14 in favor of a man who fell off a short bridge in Union and sued that city for negligence. The question for the panel was whether Judge Gael D. Wood ...

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  Where plaintiffs sought a declaration that they were entitled to bring a wrongful-death action as the equitable adoptive parents of an  incapacitated person, the doctrine of equitable adoption is solely for the benefit of the child, so adoptive parents ...

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  Where a plaintiff, who was injured in a motorcycle accident, sued the motorcycle manufacturer for product liability and negligence as well as breach of the express and implied warranties of merchantability and violations of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, ...

Tagged with: Admission Of Evidence hearsay Motorcycle Accident Negligence

  Plaintiff was severely injured when a wire disconnected by defendant’s work team snapped free and struck plaintiff in the face. Plaintiff required multiple surgeries and missed a substantial amount of work. Plaintiff filed a negligence claim against defendant. The ...

Tagged with: Gross Negligence Negligence personal injury Workers’ Compensation

Where a medical-device manufacturer challenged the enforcement of a child-support lien on the proceeds of a personal-injury action that it paid to the plaintiff’s ex-husband, arguing that the plaintiff failed to comply with the exclusive statutory method for attaching the ...

Tagged with: Child-Support Lien Negligence Notice Personal Injury Case

  Where a plaintiff challenged the grant of adverse summary judgment on her negligence claim, the judgment was proper for the reasons stated by the district court. Jackson v. Target Corp. (MLW No. 72847/Case No. 18-2410 – 2 pages) (U.S. ...

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