A six-figure settlement from two insurance companies will compensate a motorcyclist who crashed when another driver allegedly blocked her path. On Sept. 18, 2016, Victoria Harris was turning left onto Missouri Highway 86 from an intersecting road in Newton County, ...

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A St. Charles County jury sided with a pickup-truck driver sued by two athletes who claimed that injuries from a rear-end collision curtailed their chances at professional sports careers. The case later settled after a judge granted a new trial. ...

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St. Louis County jurors have ruled that a doctor is not liable in the death of a woman who died after one of her blood vessels tore during a cardiac catheterization. Plaintiff Thomas Grellner is the surviving husband of patient ...

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The children of a woman killed in a fatal crash involving a dump truck have agreed to settle their wrongful-death lawsuit against the truck’s driver and two associated companies for $1.9 million, according to the family’s lawyers. Andrew Nantz and ...

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A Cass County man who suffered facial numbness in the wake of a car crash will receive $500,000 in compensation as a result of a recent settlement. Dennis Pittman was injured in 2015 after William Francis Keuchel failed to yield ...

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A motorcyclist planning a Navy career has received a $1.25 million settlement after colliding with a vehicle even though he faced several charges in relation to the crash in St. Louis County. Motorcyclist Troy William Moore, 20, of Eureka, broke ...

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A woman who alleged she suffered a brain injury in a motor-vehicle collision reached a $2.5 million settlement two months before the case was set to go to trial, according to her attorneys. The plaintiff, represented by Joshua P. Myers ...

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A former Allstate agent who was sued and accused of arson by his own company won a judgment from a jury that wanted to give him more than the law allowed. A federal jury in Springfield awarded defendant Elmer Davis ...

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A St. Louis jury has awarded a St. Joseph woman $8.5 million in damages in her racial discrimination and retaliation suit against Spire, Missouri’s largest natural gas utility company. The jury unanimously returned the verdict for Danielle McGaughy, 47, on ...

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A St. Louis County jury has decided in favor of a defendant doctor in the case of a woman who died while using a heart medication. Dr. Dale Brewer treated Sharon Akins for atrial fibrillation, which causes an irregular heartbeat, ...

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The family of a jail inmate who died in custody will receive a settlement of slightly more than $600,000 after jail staff allegedly failed to provide medical care for the inmate. “Long story short, he requested medical attention and they ...

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