What a Kansas City law firm is calling the largest single personal-injury verdict involving a single claim in Kansas’ history has been upheld on appeal. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver last week affirmed an award to ...

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A truck driver injured after another rig swerved into his lane in St. Charles County won $500,000 after a federal jury trial. But how much he ultimately receives isn’t finalized. John Burroughs sued Mackie Moving Systems Corp., for whom the ...

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A jury awarded more than $1.3 million to a couple who said they were deceived by a North Kansas City used car dealership. The Chad Franklin Suzuki dealership, which has since gone out of business, has been the subject of ...

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A jury in Southern Illinois awarded a $60 million verdict to a not-for-profit community health care clinic in a fraud case alleging a nationwide equipment-leasing scam. St. Louis-based Lewis, Rice & Fingersh represented plaintiff Christopher Greater Area Rural Health Planning ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday upheld a $1 million jury verdict from 2007, clarifying a novel question of bad-faith tort law along the way. Quinlock Shobe won $500,000 in actual damages and another $500,000 in punitives ...

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The billion-dollar jury verdict has disappeared from U.S. courtrooms. For the second time in the past three years, there were no jury awards above $1 billion in 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News. In 2007, there was one ...

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