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- Auto defects can cause Kansas City car accidents
- Charges Filed in Fatal Missouri Hit-and-Run Accident
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- Concerning Trend Shows Rise in Trucking-Related Deaths in Missouri
- Doctors: Too Dependent on Medical Technology?
- Driver Criminally Charged After Deadly Bus Accident Investigation in MO
- Fatal Car Accidents on Missouri Roads Up for First Time in Six Years
- Hands Free Cell Phone Use is Safe from Regulation…For Now
- Help Missouri Children Remain Safe on the School Bus This Year
- How Will Medicare's New Efficiency Measurement Impact Patient Safety?
- Industry Objections May Have Delayed NHTSA Pedestrian Safety Measure
- Is Tort Reform Really the Solution to High Health Care Costs?
- Laws Encourage Motorists to Buckle Up and Prevent Traffic Accidents
- Massive Toyota Recall Triggers Ripple Effect on Voluntary Recalls
- Medical malpractice claims in the wake of Missouri decision striking down damage caps
- Missouri Drivers Some of the Worst in the Nation, Study Finds
- New approaches to resolving medical malpractice claims
- New Bill Proposes to Ban All Forms of Distracted Driving in Missouri
- New Law to Enhance Truck Safety and Prevent Truck Accidents
- New Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act
- NTSB Recommends Mandatory Helmet Laws for Motorcyclists
- Nurse Multi-Tasking Can Lead to Medication Errors
- Questionable Treatment of Patients at Long-Term Care Facilities
- Random inspections may catch truckers using fraudulent medical certificates
- Reliability of Physician Report Cards in Question
- Rental Car Companies Rarely Repair Recalls, New Study Shows
- Safety Concerns Related to Elderly Drivers
- Safe Winter Travel in Motor Vehicles
- Series of Bus Accidents Provides Wake-Up Call About Driver Fatigue
- Side-Impact Crash Data Reveals Disturbing Discrepancies
- Study Shows Drowsy Drivers Causing More Auto Accidents
- The Importance of Preserving Evidence After a Car Crash
- The Real Dangers of Texting While Walking
- Tractor-Trailer Truck Underrail Guards Provide Little Protection
- Transportation Secretary LaHood Approaches Automakers in Distracted Driving Campaign
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- 18-wheeler collision - Confidential settlement
- Bad Faith Claim - $7 million settlement
- Birth Injury causing death of infant - Confidential settlement
- Bus loses control after traveling too fast on icy road - $260,000 settlement
- Child abused at daycare, psychological injury - $600,000 settlement
- Complications From Gall Bladder Surgery
- Construction vehicle collision - $469,000 settlement
- D. W. v. California Casualty Insurance Company - $100,000 Settlement (Policy Limit)
- Defective equipment causes electrical shock - $900,000 Settlement
- Dropped patient suffers femur fracture - Confidential settlement
- Drug overdose - Confidential settlement
- E. G. T. v Medical Center - $750,000 Settlement
- Ed Kline v. Half Price Store - $132,000 Verdict
- Elective surgery fraud/malpractice - $2.69 million combined settlements
- Emergency turn-around collision after vehicle makes sudden stop - $450,000 settlement
- Failure to diagnose colon cancer - Confidential settlement
- Fall at hospital, multiple injuries - $250,000 settlement
- Fall at Nursing Home Results in Multiple Fractures and Death - Confidential Settlement
- Fall at Restaurant, Multiple Injuries - $300,000 Settlement
- Fibromyalgia & Depression caused by work time injuries - Lifetime Benefits Awarded
- G. E. v American Family Insurance - $100,000 Settlement (Policy Limits)
- Head injury caused at construction site - $450,000 Settlement
- Head-on collision - $1.2 million settlement
- Head-on Collision with Horse in Roadway -- $175,000.00 settlement
- Head-on collision with horse in roadway - $175,000 settlement
- Hospital Fall, Hip Fracture and Death (Confidential Settlement)
- Improper treatment leading to amputation - Confidential settlement
- Injection of Great Toe with Alcohol - $180,000 Settlement
- IV infiltration injury - $180,000 settlement
- L.C., a minor v. _______, M.D. et al. (Medical negligence case)
- L.C., a Minor v. _______, M.D. et al. - $625,000 Settlement
- Misdiagnosis of heart disease - Confidential settlement
- Motorcycle accident - $750,000.00 settlement
- Motorcycle collision $200,000 settlement
- Motorcyclist Collides with Passenger Vehicle (Policy Limits)
- Nursing Home Assault Resulting in Death - Confidential Settlement from Multiple Parties
- Pick-up Crosses Center of Road, Hitting Passenger Vehicle Head On - $500,000 Settlement (Policy Limits)
- Police officer rear-ends vehicle - $345,499 settlement
- Post Traumatic Stress From Violent Collision En Route in Fire Truck - Lifetime Benefits
- Rear ender by semi truck - Confidential settlement
- Rear ender by semi truck - death - $5 million settlement
- Roberts v. Menorah Medical Center - $238,000 Verdict
- Shoulder Injury/Fibromyalgia Combined with Pre-existing Psychological Disorder - Lifetime Benefit
- Slow-moving road grader causes head-on collision - $445,000 total arbitration award and settlement
- Spinal infection causing paralysis - Confidential settlement
- Spine Injury as a result of improper positioning on radiology table - $850,000 settlement
- Surgery caused perforated bowel which went undetected - $850,000 settlement
- Truck Forces Passenger Vehicle Off Roadway - $600,000 Settlement
- Vaccine injury involving death of 1 year old child - $250,000 settlement
- Vaccine Injury involving paralysis of 1 year old child - $43.1 million settlement
- Vehicle crosses centerline and collides with motorcycle - $215,000 verdict
- Woman Attacked by Pit Bull Terrier - $100,000 Settlement
- Woman Injured by Falling Clothing Display - $1.186 Million Verdict
- Wrongful death of a window washer - $7.25 million Judgment
- Wrongful death of nursing home resident - confidential settlement
- Wrongful death of resident - Confidential settlement
- Zemianek v. Shanberg - $125,000 Settlement
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Meet Our Medical Professionals
Jane O'Shaughnessy, M.D. has been Dempsey & Kingsland's lead physician consultant since 1999.
Cathy L. Brown, RN, BSN has performed medical research for Dempsey and Kingsland since 2003.
