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 family of a northwest Missouri child bitten in the face by a loose dog settled a lawsuit against the pet’s owners for more than $150,000. Katie Loralye Leivan, 4, of Maryville was playing in her grandparents’ yard in the ...

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A cyclist will collect $80,000 after an accident in which both sides claimed carelessness by the other. “He was riding his bicycle in the City of St. Louis on the sidewalk,” said Steven Gelfman of Hoffman & Gelfman. “The other ...

Tagged with: personal injury St. Louis County Circuit Court

A Butler County jury awarded $90,000 to a nurse who was injured when she slipped and fell on the job. “Before her slip-and-fall, they’d had complaints lodged with them, but they continued to overmop and saturate the floor,” said Stephen ...

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  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 veterinary student, who was injured while vaccinating cattle, sued her veterinarian supervisor for negligent supervision, the judgment for the plaintiff is affirmed because the defendant failed to show that expert testimony was necessary to establish the standard ...

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Plaintiff appealed the district court’s dismissal of all of his claims against all defendants. Where the court could find no error in the district court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint or abuse of discretion in the district court’s denial of plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Assault Dismissal personal injury Torts

  Where a truck driver, who was injured in a fall from a faulty stairway while checking water levels in the defendant’s holding tanks, challenged the dismissal of his personal-injury action, the truck driver worked for an independent contractor employed ...

Tagged with: Faulty Stairs independent contractor Negligence personal injury

An auto accident that left a man with finger injuries has resulted in a verdict that assessed fault to both sides but will leave the plaintiff with a six-figure net award. Kyle Griffin was broadsided on his motorcycle by motorist ...

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Where a plaintiff brought a personal-injury action against a bus company after she was injured when a bus collided with her bicycle, the trial court did not err in denying the defendant’s new trial motion because the “amount charged” for ...

Tagged with: Medical Bill Evidence Negligence personal injury

A million-dollar settlement will compensate a worker injured when a cement truck backed over his foot. Kevin Miller was assisting the driver of the truck at a construction site by keeping an eye out behind the vehicle to ensure the ...

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