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Families Sue over Kansas Grain Elevator Blast

Family members of four people killed in a grain elevator explosion last year in northeast Kansas are suing employees of Bartlett Grain Co., including its current president Bob Knief, less than five months after federal investigators pinned the blame for …

Jury: $181M to 3 Hurt in Illinois Grain Elevator Blast

A federal jury has sided against ConAgra Foods Inc. and a subcontractor in awarding roughly $181 million in damages to three workers severely injured in a 2010 explosion at a southern Illinois grain elevator. Omaha, Neb.-based ConAgra, one of the …

Oklahoma Company Sued Over Accident That Hurt Teens

The parents of two teenagers who were severely injured in a grain elevator accident in Oklahoma have filed negligence lawsuits against the business where the boys worked. Cherie Gannon, Lee Zander and Rhonda Zander filed the lawsuits against Zaloudek Grain …