Latest Missouri Headlines
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Duck Boat Operators Fight Back, Call Missouri AG’s Lawsuit ‘Irresponsible’
Sep 12 2018 // The operators of a Missouri duck boat that sank in July, killing 17 people, say in a court filing that a lawsuit from Missouri’s attorney general is “irresponsible” and “littered with factual...
Missouri Worker Awarded $8.5M in Racial Discrimination Suit
Sep 11 2018 // A St. Joseph, Missouri, woman has been awarded $8.5 million in a racial discrimination lawsuit she brought against Missouri gas utility Spire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis jury awarded $1.3 million...
Missouri AG Sues Over Deadly Duck Boat Sinking
Sep 4 2018 // Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley on Aug. 31 sued the owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, alleging that the companies violated the state’s consumer protection...
Former Illinois Insurance Broker Sentenced to Prison, Must Repay Nearly $1M
Sep 3 2018 // The former owner of multiple property/casualty insurance operations in northern Illinois has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for insurance fraud. U.S....
Report: Missouri Medical Professional Liability Insurers Saw Slight Profit in 2017
Sep 3 2018 // In 2017, poor underwriting results for medical professional liability insurers in Missouri were partially offset by higher investment returns, and insurers barely eked out a profit, earning a 0.2 percent return on net...
Prosecutors: Possible Negligence in Missouri Duck Boat Sinking
Aug 31 2018 // The U.S. Coast Guard has found probable cause that the sinking of a tourist boat on a Missouri lake last month that killed 17 people “resulted from the misconduct, negligence, or inattention to the duties” by...
Credit Ratings Assigned to New Horizons Insurance Co. of Missouri
Aug 29 2018 // A.M. Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” to New Horizons Insurance Company of Missouri (New Horizons). The outlook...
J&J Vows to Appeal After Missouri Judge Affirms $4.69B Talc Verdict
Aug 23 2018 // A Missouri trial court judge has affirmed the massive $4.69 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a case involving 22 women and their families who alleged the company’s talc-based products, including its...
Missouri Insurance Department: Medical Professional Liability Insurers Saw Tiny Profit in 2017
Aug 22 2018 // In 2017, poor underwriting results for medical professional liability insurers in Missouri were partially offset by higher investment returns, and insurers barely eked out a profit, earning a 0.2 percent return on net...
Missouri Man Files Lawsuit Over Deadly 2015 Shooting of Son
Aug 21 2018 // The father of a man killed in a St. Louis, Mo. police shooting has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the federal lawsuit alleges that Mansur Ball-Bey was unarmed in August 2015 when...
Weather Service Confirms Tornado in Southwest Missouri
Aug 21 2018 // Authorities say storms have damaged trees, downed power lines and churned up at least one small tornado in southwest Missouri. National Weather Service meteorologist Drew Albert says an EF-0 tornado has been confirmed near...
Missouri Corrections Officers Awarded $113.7M in Overtime Lawsuit
Aug 17 2018 // A jury has awarded Missouri prison guards compensation for work they performed before and after their shifts. A Cole County jury on Aug. 14 awarded $113.7 million to 13,000 current corrections officers or those who worked...
Survivor of Missouri Duck Boat Sinking Wants Them Banned
Aug 16 2018 // An Indiana woman whose husband and three children died when a duck boat sank last month in Missouri said she hopes to save lives by backing an effort to ban the amphibious tourist boats. Tia Coleman, speaking through tears...
34 Sickened by Salmonella Outbreak in Southeast Missouri County
Aug 15 2018 // A southeast Missouri county is investigating a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 34 people. The Southeast Missourian reports that the cause hasn’t been determined. Perry County Health Department communicable...
Insurer for Missouri City Must Pay $5.3M to Man with Overturned Conviction
Aug 15 2018 // A judge has ordered a former insurance carrier for the city of Columbia to pay $5.3 million to a man who served 10 years in prison before his conviction for killing a sports editor in Columbia was thrown out. The Columbia...
Church Van Crashes in Missouri; 3 Dead, 10 Injured
Aug 13 2018 // Three teenagers from Kansas were killed and 10 other people were injured Friday after a church van heading for an outing crashed in southwestern Missouri. The wreck happened around 10:40 a.m. on Missouri Route 13, five...
Feds: Missouri Farmworkers Kept in Inhumane Conditions
Aug 13 2018 // A Florida company kept more than 100 temporary farmworkers in “inhumane” and “unsanitary” working conditions while not paying them what they were due as they harvested watermelons in southeast...
Missouri Voters Reject Attempt to Weaken Labor Unions
Aug 10 2018 // The steady march of new “right-to-work” laws in Republican-led states hit a wall in Missouri, where voters resoundingly rejected a measure that could have weakened union finances after national and local labor...
Feds Examining Electronic Devices as Missouri Duck Boat Inquiry Continues
Aug 9 2018 // Federal officials are reviewing cellphones, a camera and a recording device found with a duck boat that sank in a storm last month in southern Missouri, as part of investigations into the disaster that killed 17...
Coast Guard: Missouri Duck Boat in Violation of Inspection Terms
Aug 3 2018 // A tourist boat was on the lake despite wind speeds far exceeding allowable limits when it sank last month in Missouri, killing 17 people, according to a certificate of inspection made public on Aug. 1. The U.S. Coast Guard...
