Jury awards family more than $100 million in wrongful death verdict 
Published: December 28, 2012
Tags: Missouri, wrongful death
A jury agreed with Misty Horner’s parents that her death could have and should have been prevented.
Missouri law firm to pay $800K to settle lawyer’s suit
Published: November 29, 2012
Tags: legal malpractice, Legal Malpractice Monitor, malicious prosecution, Missouri, statute of limitations, wrongful death
The St. Louis, Mo. law firm of Brown & James has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a malicious prosecution lawsuit filed by attorney Daniel P. Finney Jr.
Police officer wins employment case
Published: November 6, 2012
Tags: Missouri, police, retaliation, sex discrimination
A Missouri jury has returned a verdict for a Capitol Police officer who alleged retaliation for complaining about sex discrimination at her job.
Merck settles suit over illegal Vioxx marketing
Published: November 2, 2012
Tags: class action, false marketing, Merck, Missouri, prescription drugs, Vioxx, Vioxx class action
Merck & Co. has agreed to pay at least $39 million into a fund to settle a Missouri class action over the marketing of the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx, according to a tentative settlement agreement.
Public filings indicate hog farm settlement’s value is tens of millions
Published: October 1, 2012
Tags: farms, Missouri, nuisance, public nuisance
The recent settlement that ended hundreds of Missouri nuisance claims against hog farms could be worth at least $39 million, according to the defendant company’s public statements and filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Court gives lawyer probation
Published: October 1, 2012
Tags: attorneys, domestic violence, Legal Malpractice Monitor, license suspension, Missouri
The Missouri Supreme Court has suspended the law license of Cape Girardeau, Mo. attorney Scott Reynolds, who pleaded guilty to third-degree domestic assault two years ago.
Jury awards $13.6M to worker who touched live wire
By:
Scott Lauck
Published: September 5, 2012
Tags: electric shock, Missouri
A Missouri technician who was severely shocked while servicing a heat pump has won a $13.6 million verdict, though he was held 40 percent at fault for his injuries.
Shock and fall brings $10 million verdict
Published: August 31, 2012
Tags: electricity, Missouri, slip and fall
A Jackson County, Mo. jury has awarded almost $10 million to a Kansas City man who was injured in a 2008 accident at the Saint Luke’s Health System Crittenton Campus.
$1.5 million verdict against nursing home in patient death
Published: July 18, 2012
Tags: Missouri, nursing home, wrongful death
A Jackson County, Mo. jury has returned a $1.5 million verdict against a Lee’s Summit nursing home in the September 2007 death of an 88-year-old woman.
Judge approves $3 million settlement in killing at gas station
Published: June 12, 2012
Tags: Missouri, shooting, wrongful death
A Jackson County, Mo. judge approved a $3 million settlement for the parents of a 21-year-old mentally disabled man killed during a gas station disturbance in 2010.
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