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Quadriplegic man wins $800k verdict in KCPS trial

A quadriplegic Kansas City Public Schools guidance counselor was awarded $806,075 in damages Wednesday following an eight-day disability discrimination trial in Jackson County Circuit Court. The jury awarded plaintiff Joseph D. Baldridge $230,000 in compensatory damages and $576,075 in punitive damages, court records show. Eleven of the 12 jurors agreed with the verdict. Baldridge sued the school ...

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