A St. Louis County jury declined to award damages to a police officer who claimed injuries from a car accident while on duty. Joseph Reed, a 40-year-old officer for Pine Lawn, was driving from the police station to duty on Interstate 70 on June 3, 2003. He was traveling northbound on Jennings Station Road, north of Bircher Avenue.
Even though negligence was not disputed, jury verdicts, in separate trials, awarding damages to one plaintiff but not the other for personal injury claims arising out of the same car accident were not inconsistent. The trial court did not err in ordering separate trials or in allowing a juror who had a passing acquaintance with the plaintiffs to serve as a juror. Because there was sufficient evidence to support the jury verdicts and the verdicts were not against the manifest weight of the evidence, neither plaintiff was entitled to a new trial or to judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Judgment affirmed.
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As of March 2009, the national unemployment rate was at 8.5%, and several states are even higher, such as California, where it is more than 10%. With figures like these, it's understandable that hundreds of applicants will wait in line for hours to apply for one hourly position. Layoffs are taking place in record numbers, including employees with experience and seniority. According to statistics published by the EEOC in March 2009, discrimination claims jumped 13% from 2007 to 2008, with a record 95,402 claims filed in 2008. Employment laws are unique in that they come with the potential for a worse financial outcome than standard injury or car accident claims. While employees enjoy the resources and help of the EEOC, there are resources for employers in the form of EPLL. Agents should ...
A fee-sharing arrangement between two personal injury attorneys didn't require a division of fees earned for appellate work, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled in reversing an award. The victim of a rollover accident involving a Chevy Blazer hired the plaintiff to pursue her personal injury claims. Upon the plaintiff's recommendation, the client retained the defendant, an attorney with experience in rollover cases, to actually handle the case. In a referral letter drafted by the defendant and sent to the plaintiff, the parties agreed that the plaintiff would receive 25 percent of attorney fees and the defendant would receive 75 percent.
An arbitration panel in Jackson County awarded $1.1 million for injury and wrongful death claims stemming from a fatal car accident on an allegedly dangerous stretch of highway in Independence. The Missouri Highways and Transpor-tation Commission, the board that governs the Missouri Department of Transportation, was accused of defective road design and maintenance. The MHTC was found jointly and severally liable with one of the defendant drivers.
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