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A woman who fell at a convenience store won $210,000 from a St. Louis County jury who found the establishment bore some responsibility despite posting a warning of its freshly mopped floor.
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Read More »Woman thrown from exercise equipment settles with hotel
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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Read More »Woman settles for $225,000 after slip in store’s snowy parking lot
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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Read More »Jury rejects claim after slip-and-fall in Arnold lot
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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Read More »Jury sides with Schnucks after checkout-lane fall
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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Read More »Torts: Premises Liability-Knowledge of Dangerous Condition
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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Read More »Man paralyzed by tree limb settles for $16M with property owner
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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Read More »Negligence: Premises Liability-Fire Deaths-Causation
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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Read More »Suburban St. Louis restaurant not liable for woman’s fall
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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Read More »Jurors side with gas station in slip-and-fall injury claim
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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Read More »Negligence: Premises Liability-Dangerous Condition-Actual Knowledge
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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