Plaintiff was seriously injured after falling from the trunk of a car driven by her friend, Samantha Denault. This caused for her to hire a personal injury attorney. After recovering from Denault’s insurer, plaintiff filed an underinsured motorist claim with ...

Tagged with: Heightened Duty of Care personal injury underinsured motorist coverage

Plaintiff suffered permanent head injuries when she fell off the trunk of a vehicle. In a related action, the district court held a bench trial to apportion fault between plaintiff’s friends involved in the accident. In the present case, the ...

Tagged with: Allocation of Fault personal injury Underinsured Motorist Benefits

Petitioner sought a writ prohibiting the trial court from taking any action other than granting him summary judgment in a student’s personal injury action against him. The student alleged that petitioner, an in-school suspension teacher, was negligent in physically restraining ...

Tagged with: Entitlement to Official Immunity personal injury

Plaintiff appealed from the summary-judgment dismissal of his complaint in which he alleged that, while an inmate in county jail, an official made plaintiff wear shoes too small for his feet. Plaintiff alleged that the shoes caused a blister that ...

Tagged with: County Jail Inappropriate Footwear personal injury

A child fell from a zipline at a Bible camp being held at a separate conference center, therefore the parents of the child inmediately contacted Barkett law firm for legal advice. The parties disputed whether defendant, the conference center that ...

Tagged with: Insurance Policy liability personal injury

Where Kansas businesses, which were sued in Missouri by a man who was injured when he was electrocuted while working at an apartment complex in Kansas, sought a permanent writ of prohibition to prevent the trial court from exercising jurisdiction ...

Tagged with: jurisdiction personal injury

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 ...

Tagged with: dog bite personal injury settlement

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 ...

Tagged with: Butler County personal injury

  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