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Product Liability:

Herron v. General Motors – Post-Collision Fire Case - Confidential Settlement – For a young man who suffered severe burn injuries and the loss of both legs in a auto accident in Wisconsin because gasoline siphoned out of the gas tank when the fuel line was severed.

Robertson v. General Motors – Post Collision Fire Case – Confidential Settlement – For a father who suffered burn injuries as a result of a collision in South Dakota with a GM pickup with side-saddle fuel tanks.

McCollum v. ______ – Medical Pharmaceutical Case – Confidential Settlement – For a lady who suffered serious eye injuries when a contaminated saline solution was utilized during a routine cataract surgery.

Cook v. Cytodyne – Medical Pharmaceutical Case – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a man who died as a result of taking a diet pill containing ephedran.

In re. Wilkerson – Medical Pharmaceutical Case – $1,500,000 Verdict – For a young child injured as a result of a vaccination reaction.

Knapp v. ______ - Tractor Runover – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a man who was killed after falling from a parked farm tractor.

Graham v. John Deere – Tractor Runover – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a man who was killed when a farm tractor jumped into gear while the farmer was working on the tractor from the ground.

Meyer v. ____ - Hand Entanglement Case – Confidential Settlement – For a young man whose hand became entangled in an improperly guarded flaking mill.

Crossfield v. ____ - Hand Entanglement Case – $1,250,000 Verdict – For a young lady whose hand became entangled in an improperly guarded chitterling machine.

Fenwick v. John Deere – Tractor Runover – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a man who was killed when a farm tractor jumped into gear while the farmer was working on the tractor from the ground.

Toliver v. Graco – Paint Sprayer Explosion – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a young man who was burned and killed after a paint sprayer he was using sparked and ignited paint fumes.

Slaughter v. _____ - Telephone Poll Defect – Confidential Settlement – For passengers in automobile injured when a telephone poll broke and the electrical line fell into the roadway, causing an accident.

Dowell v. ____ - Fireworks Defect – Confidential Settlement – For young man injured when fireworks defect caused a mortar to ignite pre-maturely, causing severe eye injury.

Dowell v. Echo – Chipper Shredder Hand Entanglement – Confidential Settlement – For young man injured when his hand became entangled in a chipper / shredder.

Heyde v. John Deere – Tractor Runover – Confidential Settlement – For ___

Jarrett v. ____ - Tractor Runover – Confidential Settlement – For ____.

Cox v. Generac – Carbon Monoxide Poisoning – Confidential Settlement – For the death of two children who were sleeping in a horse trailer with a gas powered generator operating nearby and supplying power to the trailer.

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Auto Accidents

Messbarger v. _______ – Pedestrian Accident - $1,750,000 – For the family of a man killed when struck by a commercial fuel truck.

Owens v. _______ - Motorcycle Accident – Confidential Settlement – For the children of a man killed when a motor vehicle pulled out in front of his motorcycle.

Goff v. _______ - Motorcycle Accident – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a young man killed when a motor vehicle pulled out in front of his motorcycle.

Myers v. Edwards – Motorcycle Accident - Confidential Settlement – For a young man severely injured when a vehicle turned in front of his motorcycle.

Peters v. ______ - Auto Accident – Confidential Settlement - For a man severely injured when an oncoming vehicle crossed the center-line and struck his vehicle on a two-lane highway.

Slaughter v. _____ - Auto Accident – Confidential Settlement - For passengers and driver of vehicle involved in an accident when a utility line fell onto a highway due to a failed utility pole.

Beatty v. _______ - Auto Accident - $300,000

Best v. _____ - Auto Accident - $325,000

Cliff v. Mo. Dept. of Transportation - Auto Accident – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a couple who alleged a stop sign was improperly obscured.

Elder v. _____ - Auto Collision - $125,000

Peters v. ____ - Auto Collision – Confidential Settlement – For a man injured

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Tractor-Trailer Accidents:

Morgan v. Hirschbach - Tractor-Trailer Accident – Confidential Settlement – For a family injured when a tractor-trailer rear ended their vehicle when stopped for construction on the interstate.

Colbert v. Greyhound – Bus Accident – Confidential Settlement – For a lady injured when a passenger bus ran off the road in Tennessee.

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Insurance Coverage Disputes:

Murphy v. Humana – Breach of Contract – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a young father who was died when his HMO did not fulfill its contractual obligations under its health insurance agreement.

McGhee v. Hy-Vee – ERISA Litigation – Confidential Settlement – For an employee seeking coverage from his ERISA plan for medical treatment for injuries he suffered when his arm became intangled in a hay bayler.

Williams v. ______ - Commerical Litigation – Confidential Settlement – For a man against his insurance carrier for bad faith and breach of contract in failing to defend and cover him and his business for claims arising out of an auto accident.

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Will Contests:

In re. Estate of Rosemary Williford – Will Contest – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a widow who alleged substantial assets were wrongfully transferred from her estate to a third party.

In re. Estate of Leila Burford – Will Contest – Confidential Settlement – For the heirs of an estate against the estate’s brokerage firm when assets were sold prematurely and without court authority resulting in significant losses to the estate.

In re. Estate of McClure – Will Contest – Confidential Settlement – For the heirs of an estate who alleged a will resulted from undue influence by a third party.

In re. Estate of Beckley – Will Contest – Confidential Settlement – For the heirs of an estate who alleged a ______.

In re. Estate of Meeks – Will Contest – Confidential Settlement – For the heirs of an estate who alleged a _____.

In re. Estate of Schnitker – Will Contest - $2,400,000 Verdict – For the sole heir and child of father’s estate who alleged a family member forged a will after his father’s death.

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Commercial Litigation:

Heitman v. Interland – Commercial Litigation – Confidential Settlement – For the owners of an internet hosting company for breach of contract associated with the purchase of their company.

Ray’s Green Hills v. Fleming – Commercial Litigation – Confidential Settlement – For the owners of several grocery stores for RICO, fraud and breach of contract associated with the purchase of groceries from their wholesaler.

Ronnenbaum v. ____ - Commercial Litigation - $325,000

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Boating Accidents:

Barron v. ______ - Boating Accident – Confidential Settlement – For the family of two children killed in a boating accident when the pontoon boat upon which they were riding was struck by a bass fishing boat participating in a nighttime bass tournament.

Best v. ____ - Boating Accident – Confidential Settlement – For the family of . . .

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Legal Malpractice:

Collins v. Kriegel – Legal Malpractice – Confidential Settlement – For the natural parents of a child in a private placement adoption. Case was tried to a verdict of $3 million dollars and was resolved on appeal for a confidential amount.

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Medical Malpractice:

Belanger v. _______ - Medical Malpractice – Confidential Settlement – For a lady who suffered vision impairment during a routine cataract surgery.

Portis v. Greenhaw – Medical Malpractice - $610,000 Verdict – For the family of a lady who died as a result of a failure to diagnose breast cancer.

Root v. Liberty Hospital – Medical Malpractice – Confidential Settlement – For a young child born with cerebral palsy as a result of birth injuries suffered when her mother’s diabetic reaction was not stabilized.

Hartigan v. ____ - Medical Negligence – Confidential Settlement – For a young lady who suffered vision impairment during a ______.

Peters v. Truman Medical – Medical Negligence – Confidential Settlement – For a man who suffered injuries as a result of an infection and the management of the infection after an automobile accident.

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Electrocution:

Graves v. Atchison Holt – Overhead Power Line Contact – Confidential Settlement – For the family of a farmer injured when a grain auger he operated contacted an overhead power line.

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Slip and Fall:

Bossler v. ___ - $130,000

Jeffers v. Belt Brewery – Confidential Settlement – For a young man who slipped on liquid spilled inside a restaurant on New Year’s Eve.

Kennedy v. ____ - Confidential Settlement – For a lady who slipped on ice at an apartment complex.

Bellevue v. Apple Mart - $600,000 Verdict – For a lady who slipped on water in the entry of a grocery store.

Judd v. Confidential Defendant – Confidential Settlement – For a lady who was injured by a line of grocery carts being pushed into the store by employees of a big box retailer.

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Miscellaneous:

R.G.P. v. State of Mo. – Group Home Neglect – Confidential Settlement – For a young man abused by a counselor in a group home operated by the State of Missouri

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