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Woman Shot in Back in Missouri Gets $2M Settlement
Oct 5 2020 // A St. Louis, Mo., suburb has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a federal lawsuit with a suspected shoplifter who was shot in the back by a police officer who said she intended to use her stun gun but pulled out her...
Opinion: Missouri Appeals Court Ruling Shrinks Insurers’ Right to Intervene
Sep 28 2020 // The Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals has again construed the effect of the 2017 amendments to Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.065, which gave insurers a limited right to intervene and protect their interest when...
The Role Insurance Plays in Civil Rights Settlements Against Law Enforcement
Sep 21 2020 // Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place across the country, according to an insurance policyholder attorney who...
Family of Man Killed in 2018 Tower Collapse Sues Missouri State University
Sep 17 2020 // The family of a worker killed in 2018 when a nearly 2,000-foot tall TV tower in southwest Missouri collapsed is suing Missouri State University for wrongful death. The April 19, 2018, tower collapse happened in Fordland,...
Keystone Agency Investors Acquires 4 Missouri Agencies, Forms Midwest Risk Partners
Sep 16 2020 // Keystone Agency Investors (KAI), a new strategic partnership formed by Keystone Insurers Group and Bain Capital Credit, has acquired four St. Louis, Missouri-based insurance agencies, which together will form Midwest Risk...
Owen Named VP, General Cousel at Missouri’s Columbia Insurance Group
Sep 16 2020 // Columbia Insurance Group, based in Columbia, Missouri, has appointed Claire Owen as vice president and general counsel. Owen has served as corporate legal counsel since joining the company in 2017. In her new role, Owen...
Plaintiffs Suffer Another Loss in Michigan COVID-19 Business Interruption Suit
Sep 9 2020 // Another federal court has dismissed a COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit, finding that a closure order does not constitute a covered “direct physical loss” and that the policy excluded damages caused by...
Missouri’s COVID-19 Lawsuit Against China Stalled in Federal Court
Sep 2 2020 // More than four months after Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sought to hold China and the Chinese Communist Party accountable for the COVID-19 pandemic, the lawsuit remains stalled in federal court. Neither the...
Insurance Plays Key Role in Civil Rights Settlements Against Law Enforcement
Sep 2 2020 // Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place across the country, according to an insurance policyholder attorney who...
Missouri Bill Would Allow Giving Guns to Minors Without Parents’ Permission
Aug 26 2020 // Missouri lawmakers have advanced a bill that would legally allow people to give firearms to children without their parents’ permission after the governor had initially sought to increase the penalty for the...
Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Piccione as Missouri Regional Manager
Aug 21 2020 // St. Louis-based independent insurance agency network organization, Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), has named Susan Piccione as its regional manager for Missouri. Piccione will oversee new business development and...
Missouri Independent Insurance Agents Name Corrigan as Person of the Year
Aug 19 2020 // Karen O’Connor Corrigan, owner president of O’Connor Insurance in St. Louis, Missouri, has been honored by the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) as Person of the Year. The award is presented to an...
Judge Allows Businesses’ Lawsuits Against Insurer Over Coronavirus Losses
Aug 12 2020 // A federal judge in Missouri said on Wednesday a group of hair salons and restaurants can sue their insurance carrier for business interruption losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which they say caused a...
DoubleTree Hotel in Missouri to Pay $45K to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Aug 11 2020 // The DoubleTree Hotel in Jefferson City, Mo., will pay $45,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed, federal employment officials say. According to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Missouri School Worker Fired in Student Attendance Scandal Sues
Aug 7 2020 // A fired Kansas City Public Schools secretary who was among several employees accused of falsifying attendance data in a bid to help the district regain accreditation is suing. The Kansas City Star reports that LaQuyn...
2 New Sex Abuse Suits Filed Against Missouri Diocese
Aug 3 2020 // Two new lawsuits allege that the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in Missouri covered up abuse by two priests who were known to be sexual predators. The lawsuits, one filed on July 28 and the other on July 20, were...
Claiming Plaintiff Farmer Not Ruined, Bayer Says Herbicide Verdict Should Be Tossed
Jul 30 2020 // Bayer AG contended in court papers that a jury verdict in favor of a Missouri peach farmer was based on a false premise because a private investigator it hired found the farmer was still in business. A jury in U.S....
Missouri’s Insurance Plus Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
Jul 22 2020 // Insurance Plus LLC, a newly formed agency based in Columbia, Mo., has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network more than 130 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Insurance Plus, which...
Southwest Missouri School District Settles Retaliation Suit for $250K
Jul 21 2020 // A southwest Missouri school district has settled a third lawsuit stemming from allegations involving its longtime former superintendent. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the Reed Springs district agreed to pay...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Adds Missouri, Washington, Wisconsin for Home Coverage
Jul 17 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Missouri, Washington and Wisconsin to the list of states where the insurer offers its homeowners insurance product. With the expansion to the three new states, the...
