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A Jackson County jury returned a verdict in favor of four doctors alleged to have provided negligent care that resulted in a patient’s death. After a two-week trial, the jury “agreed with us that these were very caring, competent doctors ...

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A Platte County jury returned a verdict in favor of a doctor alleged to have caused an elderly patient to develop a fatal blood clot after discontinuing the patient’s blood-thinning medication. Leon Wolf, 87, fell and broke his left hip ...

The family of a camper who died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping near a lit propane lantern has reached a confidential settlement of their St. Louis product liability suit against The Coleman Co., manufacturer of the propane cylinder. Coleman, ...

A Greene County jury returned a verdict in favor of a Springfield hospital and two doctors accused of failing to adequately respond to a patient’s adverse reaction to blood pressure medication, ultimately leading to her death. Peggy Wills, 48, worked ...

Allstate Insurance Co., which brought a subrogation action on behalf of a boat owner whose boat caught fire nine months after purchase, has recovered a $22,000 verdict, plus $56,000 in attorneys’ fees, in a St. Louis County product liability and ...

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A St. Louis County jury returned a verdict in favor of a neurosurgery practice accused of medical malpractice stemming from a patient’s death following complications with neck surgery. Lynn Newbound, a 50-year-old wife and mother of two adult daughters, underwent ...

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A St. Louis jury deliberated for about two hours before returning defense verdicts for an OB-GYN and a hospital accused of medical malpractice. The doctor allegedly failed to remove a cyst and ovary during a hysterectomy and oopherectomy procedure. Barbara ...

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A St. Louis oncologist won a jury verdict after suing his former employer, a private health care company. The jury returned three verdicts of $336,421, $47,786 and $129,204 for Dr. Raymond Smith. Smith alleged that University Hematology Oncology failed to ...

A Buchanan County jury returned a verdict in favor of a surgeon accused of medical malpractice stemming from the death of a patient after abdominal surgery. William Goacher, 66, was admitted to Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph on ...

A Jackson County jury returned a $530,000 verdict favoring the patient in a medical malpractice suit against a surgeon and his practice. Family of the patient claimed that a surgical error necessitated removal of the patient’s kidney and aggravated her ...

A Greene County jury returned a verdict in favor of a radiologist accused of negligently performing a surgical procedure, allegedly causing the plaintiff’s chronic pain. Drusilla Kothenbeutel, 59, was referred by her treating gastrointestinal physician for a mesenteric arteriogram, an ...