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 Niemeyerer, 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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A toddler mauled by a pair of dogs will collect a six-figure award from the owners of the lodging establishment who allowed the animals to be on the premises. “It was a child who was visiting her grandparents at a ...

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A Jackson County jury awarded $75,000 to a Wentzville woman who broke her kneecap after slipping and falling at a suburban Kansas City bar and restaurant in November 2015. Michelle Schaefer, 47, sued the Kellan Restaurant Management Group in October ...

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A St. Louis jury decided in favor of the Bi-State Development Agency on claims that it was responsible for a man’s injury at a downtown MetroLink station. On July 6, 2012, plaintiff Rusty Redman of Illinois was boarding an eastbound ...

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A man shot in the parking lot of a St. Louis gas station reached a $1 million settlement with the station’s owners. On Aug. 18, 2013, Rodney V. Gibson was at a BP gas station at 3140 Olive St. in ...

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A southwest Missouri restaurant settled a suit over a slip-and-fall incident in which the plaintiff alleged that too many “wet floor” signs made the warnings useless, according to her attorney. “[My client] would have testified that she didn’t notice any ...

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