A Platte County circuit judge gave final approval to a $6 million settlement for a class of water customers who alleged their appliances and plumbing were damaged by excessive calcium scaling.

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An Iowa school that alleged a contractor’s negligence caused a fire that damaged the school’s roof settled for $4.3 million, according to the school’s St. Louis-based attorney.

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A business reached a $1.5 million settlement with its landlord on property damage claims from trash fires, according to its attorney. Brett Votava of Votava Nantz & Johnson in Kansas City said the plaintiff business suffered fire and smoke damage ...

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Where appellant, a juvenile placed on probation and made a ward of the court, challenged his commitment to the Division of Youth Services without a dispositional hearing and findings that he committed property damage, the judgment is affirmed in part ...

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Where a homeowner sought coverage for property damage after the brick veneer on an exterior wall of his home collapsed, the grant of summary judgment to the insurer is affirmed because a policy exclusion provides that the policy does not ...

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Where homeowners brought an action against an electric cooperation for the alleged negligent installation of a transformer, claiming damages from a lost sale of their property after the buyers backed out, the judgment is affirmed because the owners did not ...

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Where a defendant challenged his conviction for first-degree property damage, the trial court did not err in failing to instruct the jury that it had to find that the defendant did not act under a claim of right because the ...

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  A boat operated by defendant struck a railroad bridge owned by plaintiff, who sued for defendant for damages. Years prior, the Coast Guard issued an order to alter, declaring the bridge to be an unreasonable obstruction to navigation. The ...

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Decker Plastics Corp. v. West Bend Insurance Company (MLW No. 71366/Case No. 17-1319 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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Electric Power Systems International, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Company (MLW No. 71368/Case No. 16-3927 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

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In re: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (MLW No. 71050/Case No. 16-3185 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

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