A Kansas City area attorney who already had his license suspended in Kansas and Missouri for leaving the scene of his girlfriend’s accidental death will pay the woman’s family nearly $300,000 in a wrongful death settlement. (Updated)

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The family of a 44-year-old man shot to death for his wallet and cell phone on a parking lot of a St. Louis apartment complex settled a lawsuit against the complex’s owners and managers.

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The daughter of a man found dead in a flaming St. Louis shed in early 2011 settled a lawsuit with the owner of the property.

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The family of an elderly man who died after wandering away from a Clay County nursing home settled their claim against the facility for $3 million, an attorney for the family said.

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The mother of a 16-year-old boy who died after a Christmas night shooting outside a St. Louis nightclub in 2010 settled claims against the club’s landlord for $1 million.

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In March 2012, 35-year-old Andy Gammon drowned when the lift he was on fell from a barge into the Mississippi River north of downtown St. Louis. A year later, his widow and two children as well as his parents filed a wrongful death suit.

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has ruled that five wrongful death cases tied to a respiratory therapist at a hospital in Livingston County can move forward.

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The family of a man who died two months before his medical malpractice lawsuit was scheduled for trial agreed to a confidential settlement with the South St. Louis hospital whose workers, he alleged, had misdiagnosed him.

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A personal injury lawsuit against Jackson County over asbestos issues at its circuit courthouse (pictured here) turned into a wrongful death claim this week.

An amended petition, filed Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court, came as a result of the Oct. 9 death of plaintiff Nancy Lopez. The lawsuit was first filed in March.

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Which physician a Kansas City hospital decided to notify of a patient’s abnormal test results opened the door to a wrongful death trial that started in Jackson County Circuit Court Tuesday. Three doctors already have settled confidentially with a widower ...

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The family of a woman who allegedly died due to carbon monoxide poisoning has settled with the apartment complex they maintained caused the leak. Defense attorney Jon R. Sanner, of Brinker & Doyen, confirmed that the parties had settled confidentially ...

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