A Camden County jury on Tuesday awarded $15 million to a retiree who was severely burned when his boat exploded on the Lake of the Ozarks. It appears to be the largest plaintiff’s verdict in a Missouri court in 2014 to date.

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Sixteen families agreed to two confidential “master” settlements that will resolve nine lawsuits claiming food thickener SimplyThick was linked to some babies' intestinal conditions.

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A federal court jury decided that a manufacturer is liable for damages sustained to a hotel after a fire allegedly caused by a malfunctioning air conditioning unit.

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A woman injured in a house explosion in a rural Missouri town settled her claims against a water heater manufacturer and an air conditioning servicing company for $2 million, according to her lawyers.

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A St. Louis County circuit judge found more than $11 million in damages for a man injured in 2006 while riding a motorcycle.

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A Missouri teenager reached a confidential settlement with General Motors and several rental car companies after claiming her injuries from a car accident were exacerbated because airbags were removed before the car was sold.

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A St. Louis jury determined that a man paralyzed in a 2009 car accident is not entitled to damages from the manufacturer of the grate that contributed to the crash.

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A man whose leg was amputated because of an assembly-line accident the night before he was set to take a desk job settled with the conveyor manufacturer’s insurance companies.

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The family of a mother and daughter killed in a 2010 collision in eastern Kansas confidentially settled a product liability lawsuit against General Motors after alleging that the women and another passenger were ejected from a pickup truck because of defective door hinges.

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Boehm v. Eli Lilly & Company (MLW No. 66113/Case No. 13-1350 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

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A man in St. Louis who lost fingers on both hands in a work accident collected a judgment from his employer and an insurance payout after his workers’ compensation claim was denied.

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