A $350,000 settlement has concluded the wrongful-death case of a woman who perished weeks after a serious car crash, according to the plaintiff’s attorney. Todd Johnson of Votava Nantz & Johnson represented the surviving family of Brenda Register, who suffered ...

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The widow and three children of a man who drowned in a Jefferson City motel hot tub have settled a wrongful-death claim against the owner for slightly less than $1.2 million. The mid-July settlement with All Ready Rentals LLC, owner ...

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The parents and child of a worker who died in a construction accident in Jefferson City have settled a claim against a concrete company, one of its employees and the manufacturer of the pumping truck that crushed the victim with ...

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Where the parents of a man who died in an auto accident challenged the apportionment of the proceeds of a $500,000 settlement, the trial court did not err in denying the mother’s oral motion for a continuance because the motion ...

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A Scott County jury awarded nearly $870,000 to the family of a man who died after suffering a year of complications from prostate surgery at a Sikeston hospital. Roosevelt Rhoden underwent a transurethral resection of the prostate at Missouri Delta ...

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Seaton v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company (MLW No. 72108/Case No. ED105895 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.)

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Shallow v. Follwell (MLW No. 72107/Case No. SC96901 – 12 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Powell, J.; Fischer, C.J., Wilson, Russell, Breckenridge and Stith, JJ., concur; Draper, J., dissents)

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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.H. v. St. Louis County (MLW No. 71721/Case No. 17-1198 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

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Mansil v. Midwest Emergency Medical Services (MLW No. 71700/Case No. WD79994 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)

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Hill v. SSM Health Care St. Louis (MLW No. 71715/Case No. ED105779 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Richter, J.)

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