A woman thrown from a piece of fitness equipment in a hotel workout room settled her case against the lodging establishment for $84,500. “The treadmill that they had there did not comply with several of the safety manual suggestions, and ...

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A woman who broke her ankle in the parking lot of a large department store reached a $225,000 settlement, according to her attorney. Brad Cundiff of Coyne, Cundiff & Hillemann said the slip occurred two weeks after the St. Charles ...

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In the US, slip and fall accidents lawsuits are becoming more and more common  nowadays, but a jury deliberated 19 minutes before rejecting a woman’s $840,000 claim against the city of Arnold after she fell in a city parking lot. ...

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A St. Louis County jury rejected a claim by a Schnuck Markets shopper injured after being knocked down by a cashier while checking out of the grocer’s Overland Plaza store. Deborah Parker-Johnson sued the St. Louis-based supermarket chain in April ...

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Plaintiff appealed from the grant of summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff’s claim for personal injuries arising from a fall that plaintiff suffered when she stepped into and tripped on a hole on property owned by defendants and leased to ...

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A man who was paralyzed by a falling tree limb reached a $16 million settlement with insurers for the mobile home park where the accident occurred, according to the plaintiff’s attorney. David Grebel of Niemeyer, Grebel & Kruse said his ...

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Where plaintiffs sued a city housing authority and its director and insurer after a woman and her four children died from smoke inhalation in an apartment kitchen fire, summary judgment for the defendants is affirmed because there was insufficient evidence ...

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A patron who tripped at a suburban St. Louis restaurant came away from her day in court with a defense verdict. Defense attorney Chandler Atkins of Roberts Perryman said that plaintiff Janet Davis alleged that inadequately lit stairs were responsible ...

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A northwestern Missouri jury found no fault for either party in the case of a woman who alleged she took a tumble on a slick spot in a Maryville Hy-Vee gas station parking lot. Defense attorney Lori Battern of Andereck, ...

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Where a woman, who was injured in a fall from a porch when a railing broke, sued the property owner for premises liability, the plaintiff was a licensee on the property, and she did not produce evidence that the owner ...

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A case involving an awkwardly placed piece of luggage at a hotel breakfast buffet that led to the death of an Oklahoma woman concluded with an $800,000 settlement. “They had plenty of personnel in the room that would have been ...

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