A lawsuit filed by a widow who blamed her husband’s cancer death on exposure to chemicals made by a Pharmacia Corp. predecessor was dismissed Thursday.
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Read More »A lawsuit filed by a widow who blamed her husband’s cancer death on exposure to chemicals made by a Pharmacia Corp. predecessor was dismissed Thursday.
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Read More »Grabbing snacks at a Kansas City Royals’ game is becoming a rougher and rougher ordeal, judging by two recent lawsuits. One of the lawsuits recently was resolved with a confidential settlement with a Royals’ food vendor. The plaintiff alleged workers ...
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Read More »A man who survived a fall down an elevator shaft is suing a development firm allegedly connected to an operator of haunted houses in Kansas City. Kenneth Jacobs, of Kansas City, Kan., alleged Group Real Estate Development was negligent in ...
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Read More »The Missouri Supreme Court partially upheld a state board’s discipline of a St. Louis neurosurgeon accused of unprofessional conduct and negligence in his treatment of two patients. However, the court rejected a finding that the doctor was incompetent, saying such ...
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Read More »A police helicopter and 20 officers raced after a young man through the streets of Kansas City in a chase that ended with the man’s lifeless body lying on the ground with a bullet in his chest. The victim was ...
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Read More »Robert Smedley wasn’t driving his boat when another boat hit it nearly four years ago, but he is liable for the fault of the driver. So said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision issued Thursday. Smedley’s ...
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Read More »The parents of the only Missouri highway worker killed in Kansas City last year have sued the trucking company and driver involved in the fatal accident. Michael York died June 11 when a semi truck hit him as he was ...
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Read More »Customers typically assume that if they pay more for their food, they’ll receive better, higher-quality service. But as two lawsuits filed this month in St. Louis County illustrate, instances of food mishaps can happen anywhere, on both the lower end ...
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Read More »The securities laws may be your worst enemy if you lost money in the Madoff scam. Investors are suing the feeder funds that channeled their money to Bernard Madoff, charging the feeders with fraud, negligence or breach of fiduciary duty. ...
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Read More »Legal malpractice; sentencing  07-2220 Brian F. Leonard; Marshall Investments Corp.; Page State Bank; Mcville State Bank; Ramsey National Bank and Trust of Devils Lake; Security Bank of USA; Ultima Bank Minnesota; First National Bank and Trust Co.; Dacotah Bank; ...
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Read More »A doctor accused of not removing a staple that prevented the flow of urine from a woman’s kidney was ordered to pay more than $530,000 by a Jackson County jury. The verdict, returned Monday afternoon, was awarded to the husband ...
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