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Plaintiff obtains six-figure settlement in rear-end crash, despite lack of police report
A plaintiff who was involved in a rear-end crash obtained a $100,000 settlement a year after the incident, despite no police report documenting the accident. Laurie Del Percio of the […]
Jury assigns 50-50 fault in plaintiff’s verdict, reduces demand by thousands
An allegedly rotten watermelon, Microsoft’s national outage and breach, and equally split comparative fault resulted in a plaintiff’s verdict but a significantly reduced award in this contentious slip and fall […]
Jury awards farmer injured in collision with Highway Patrol trooper
A Morgan County jury has ruled that a central Missouri farmer injured in a November 2023 collision with a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper is entitled to $2.5 million in damages […]
Arbitration panel awards Illinois motorist injured in collision
A Granite City. Illinois, man injured in a December 2022 hit-and-run collision has been awarded $66,745 by a three-person panel at arbitration. The panel of Matthew Caraway, Lee Karge and […]
Jury rejects negligence suit filed after three-car collision on snowy highway
A St. Louis County jury has sided with a central Illinois defendant in a 2024 negligence lawsuit filed by a South County man injured in a December 2022 collision on […]
Kansas collision case resolves with injury settlement
A $162,500 settlement was reached in a motor vehicle collision suit out of Johnson County, Kansas. The settlement, reached March 6, 2026, goes back to a March 29, 2025, accident […]
Uninsured motorist crash yields six-figure settlement
A $105,849.02 settlement was reached in a motor vehicle collision in Jackson County. The settlement was awarded to the confidential plaintiffs on March 4, 2026. Of the settlement, $100,000 was […]
Sideswipe collision crash in Clay County ends in settlement
A $300,000 settlement was reached March 4 in a motor vehicle collision suit out of Clay County Circuit Court. The confidential plaintiff was represented by Laurie Del Percio of The […]
Women left in pain settles suit against driver who rear-ended her
A woman’s life was altered forever when a driver rear-ended her vehicle, sandwiching her between the defendant driver and the car in front of her. Her attorney achieved a $155,000 […]
Jury sides with auto dealership in contract case
A $30,598 verdict was reached for the plaintiff in a contract suit out of St. Louis County Circuit Court. The jury awarded the plaintiff, Asbury Automotive St. Louis, doing business […]
Plaintiff obtains six-figure settlement after car crash impacted her daily life
The confidential plaintiff in this case lived a high functioning lifestyle, splitting time between Florida and Kansas City. A driver who failed to yield changed everything, leaving her with lingering […]
Plaintiff obtains settlement in teen driver crash after exclusion of defense expert testimony
After several years of debate over the causation of a confidential plaintiff’s injuries, their attorney secured a $600,000 settlement a week before trial. The plaintiff, who was represented by Brendan […]
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