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Some Damage After Strong Storms Move Through Northwestern Missouri

Mar 31 2022 // Residents in northwestern Missouri were cleaning up Wednesday after a tornado hit parts of St. Joseph overnight as a line of strong storms moved through the region.A survey team with the National Weather Service confirmed...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Missouri’s Commercial Insurance Underwriters

Mar 23 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Springfield, Missouri-based Commercial Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (CIU). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1984, CIU is a surplus lines...

University of Missouri System Agrees to $1.5 Million Discrimination Settlement

Mar 22 2022 // The University of Missouri System has paid a $1.57 million settlement to a white former employee who alleged she was removed from her job in favor of a younger, Black woman.Rachel Brown was 60 when she was removed from her...

Family of Man Fatally Shot on Train in Missouri Sues Amtrak For $100 Million

Mar 21 2022 // The family of a man who was shot and killed while riding an Amtrak train in Missouri is suing the railroad company and the alleged shooter for at least $100 million.Richie Terell Aaron Jr., 30, of Independence, was shot as...

Missouri Man Awarded $20 Million in Ford Asbestos Suit

Mar 14 2022 // A south St. Louis County man who sued Ford Motor Co. over his exposure to asbestos has been awarded $20 million.In his lawsuit, William Trokey, 76, alleged that his exposure to asbestos while working on Ford brakes as a...

Missouri Cement Company Fined $17K For Shorting Pay of Worker

Mar 8 2022 // A federal administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered a Hannibal, Missouri cement company to pay a worker the company penalized for assisting federal safety investigators during a site visit.On March 1,...

Homeowners of America Expands Into Missouri

Feb 22 2022 // Homeowners of America, a property and casualty insurance provider and subsidiary of Porch Group, Inc., has launched service in Missouri as part of its ongoing nationwide expansion plan, marking the third expansion of...

Declarations

Feb 21 2022 // “We’ve been concerned with having these large numbers of satellites that interfere with astronomical observations … I think we need a little more experience with the several thousand operating satellites...

Family of Unresponsive University of Missouri Student Sues Fraternity Over Hazing

Feb 4 2022 // The parents of a Minnesota man allege in a lawsuit that he has been unresponsive and requires constant medical care since being forced to drink a bottle of vodka at a fraternity at the University of Missouri.Daniel...

Eighth Circuit: Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Janitorial Service Workplace Discrimination Suit

Feb 3 2022 // The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said that an insurer does not have to provide coverage to a St. Louis, Missouri janitorial service company for a workplace discrimination lawsuit, affirming a...

Missouri Man Pleads Guilty in Arson, Insurance Fraud Scheme

Feb 2 2022 // A Kansas City-area man has pleaded guilty to an arson and insurance fraud scheme that allegedly destroyed three houses from 2013 to 2019.Wandale J. Fulton, 40, was accused of conspiring with six others to buy houses,...

Insurers Return Nearly $25 Million to Missouri Customers

Jan 27 2022 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that consumers received nearly $25 million from their insurance companies in 2021 thanks to the services provided by the department’s Consumer Affairs Division and...

Missouri Governor Aims to Create New Flood Response Agency

Jan 25 2022 // Missouri Gov. Mike Parson wants to spend $10.4 million to create a new office that would help the state better prepare for floods and drought.Missouri Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Connie Patterson told the...

Disaster Declared for December Missouri Tornadoes

Jan 13 2022 // President Joe Biden has approved Missouri’s request for a federal disaster declaration after deadly tornadoes and strong winds hit the state last month.The designation allows seven southern Missouri counties to...

OSHA, Mexican Consulate Renew Alliance Protecting Workers in Kansas, Missouri

Jan 6 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Consulate General of Mexico in Kansas City have renewed an alliance – first signed in 2013 – to continue their collaborative...

Serial Arsonist Strikes Small Missouri Town 20 Times

Dec 27 2021 // Investigators in a small southern Missouri town are trying to determine the identity of a serial arsonist who is believed responsible for nearly two dozen suspicious fires. KYTV-TV reports that 20 fires have occurred over...

Missouri Insurance Specialists to Offer Assistance Following Tornado

Dec 16 2021 // Customer insurance specialists from the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance will participate in resource centers to assist customers who were affected by the recent tornado.A Multi-Agency Resource Centers will be...

Missouri Jury Awards Transgender Student $4 Million

Dec 16 2021 // A Kansas City-area school district must pay a transgender student $4 million after it refused to let him use the boys’ restrooms or locker rooms, a Jackson County jury decided.The jury on Monday found the Blue...

Report: Missouri Governor Planned to Thank Glitch-Finding Journalist

Dec 6 2021 // Just before Missouri Gov. Mike Parson condemned a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter for exposing a state database flaw, records show the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was instead preparing to thank...

Crash Kills 2 Missouri Highway Workers

Nov 22 2021 // Two state Department of Transportation workers were killed and another was seriously injured Thursday after they were hit by a car on an interstate ramp in eastern Missouri, authorities said.The collision occurred as the...