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The mother of a Joplin High School football player is suing the school district over his death after he suffered breathing problems during a football practice.
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Read More »Jury sides with nursing home in woman’s death after falls
A Kansas jury cleared a nursing home in the death of a woman who fell while in its care.
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Read More »Fatal Kansas car wreck leads to $1.3M settlement
A Kansas car accident in which a woman died will leave her survivors $1.3 million in settlement payments from two insurers.
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Read More »Challenge to Kansas damage caps left unresolved
A Kansas City attorney achieved a $3.35 million judgment for the widow and two children of a 29-year-old man killed in a 2017 car crash, leaving unresolved a challenge to Kansas’ cap on noneconomic damages in wrongful death cases.
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Read More »Family of two Wisconsin brothers slain in Missouri settles $2M wrongful-death suit
A wrongful-death lawsuit stemming from the July 2019 murder of two Wisconsin brothers in Missouri has resulted in a $2 million settlement.
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Read More »Couple settles suit against sports bar in son’s death
The owner of a St. Charles County sports bar reached a confidential settlement with the parents of a 23-year-old man who died in a one-car crash moments after leaving the bar. Gary and Julie Mills sued Premier Entertainment Saint Peters ...
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Read More »Family settles for $700,000 after teen’s death in head-on crash
The parents of a teenage driver killed in a head-on collision settled a wrongful-death claim for $700,000, according to their attorney. Jared Rose said the collision between two pickup trucks took place in 2018 on a two-lane road in rural ...
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Read More »Volunteer fire department settles for $765,000 after fatal collision
The widow of a 40-year-old Potosi man killed while trying to redirect traffic at an accident scene settled a wrongful-death suit for a total of $765,000 against the local volunteer fire department and the 18-year-old EMT who struck the man ...
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Read More »Court affirms $870,000 verdict for man’s post-surgery death
The Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District affirmed a nearly $870,000 verdict for the family of a man who died of complications from prostate surgery at a Sikeston hospital. Roosevelt Rhoden underwent a transurethral resection of the prostate at Missouri ...
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Read More »Torts: Wrongful Death-Fraudulent Transfer to Hinder Creditors
Plaintiffs filed suit against defendant, alleging he and others were responsible for the murder of plaintiffs’ decedent. Plaintiffs asserted a claim for wrongful death and fraudulent transfer, alleging defendant engaged in a series of financial transactions to hinder his creditors. ...
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Read More »Negligence: Wrongful Death-Damages
The parties cross-appealed from the judgment entered in plaintiffs’ medical-malpractice and wrongful-death claim. Defendants argued that the trial court erred in not reducing the judgment by the amount of the settlement between plaintiffs and a joint-tortfeasor, while plaintiffs argued that ...
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