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A St. Louis County housecleaner settled with her former client for $175,000 after she tripped and fell over a pair of shoes in the client’s home. At the time of the fall, Georgita Williams was 76 and had been working ...

Survivors and the family members of victims of the St. Louis ABB Inc. plant shootings have filed lawsuits in St. Louis City Circuit Court against on-site security employees and the companies the lawsuits say employed them. One of the security companies named in the lawsuits, Whelan Security, was not providing security to the ABB plant, Whelan President Greg Twardowski said in a Wednesday phone interview.

A Jackson County woman who allegedly suffered permanent brain damage from overdosing on opioids during a hospital stay settled for a confidential amount with the treating health center and prescribing physician. The plaintiff, a 67-year-old retired nurse, went to a ...

Madison County, Ill., Associate Circuit Judge James Hackett will take more time to consider prior case law and relevant statutes before deciding whether a former St. Louis police officer can force Facebook to release comments and messages by key witnesses to a shooting last year.

A jury found a physician and his practice negligent for releasing a man from an emergency room who had overdosed on prescription medication and later died. About 8:30 p.m. Sept. 30, 2004, the man’s wife noticed he was acting strangely ...

A St. Louis County jury determined that a doctor had defamed his former employee and it awarded her $150,000. Jessica Doiron is an advanced practice nurse who worked for Dr. Orlando Cruz’s medical practice in the St. Louis area for ...

A Greene County jury found in favor of a Springfield surgeon in a medical malpractice suit. Charity Chambers saw Dr. Michael S. Clarke for surgery to repair and reconstruct her anterior cruciate ligament in February 2004. During surgery, the nurse ...

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The St. Louis Police Officers Association has filed suit against members of the internal affairs department and the Board of Police Commissioners for allegedly forcing particular officers to reveal the names of confidential sources. Police department general counsel Mark Lawson ...

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A girl and her family settled for $1.625 million in a medical malpractice suit brought against the girl’s delivering obstetrician and his corporation. The military family was stationed in Kansas City at the time of the girl’s birth. The mother ...

A Jefferson County jury found in favor of a St. Louis doctor in a medical malpractice suit brought against him by a deceased Missouri man’s family. The family of Jamie Swyers alleged that cardiologist Dr. Mark Chin failed to order ...

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