Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri Recycling Facility Faces Fine of $260K Over OSHA Violations
Apr 29 2022 // A workplace safety investigation following a worker’s fatal crushing injuries at a St. Louis, Missouri recycling facility on Oct. 26, 2021, alleges the company failed to erect guards or barriers to prevent workers...
3 Defendants Settle in U. of Missouri Hazing Lawsuit
Apr 25 2022 // Three of the 23 defendants in a lawsuit filed after a University of Missouri fraternity party left a student with serious brain injuries have reached a settlement. The attorney for the family of Daniel Santulli, of Eden...
Judge Dismisses Charges for Missouri Duck Boat Tragedy
Apr 7 2022 // A judge on Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against three men prosecuted after a tourist boat sank and killed 17 people during a 2018 Missouri storm. The boat was swamped by waves caused by strong winds shortly after it...
Missouri Contractor Faces $797K in Penalties for Worker Exposure Violations
Apr 7 2022 // Nearly five years after an employee died in a trench collapse, a Missouri contractor exposed two workers to the life-threatening risk of being buried by thousands of pounds of soil as they worked in an unprotected trench...
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...
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...
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 // Space Junk “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...
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...
