Wrongful Death

A criminal complaint alleges that guards pepper-sprayed Othel Moore Jr., placed a mask over his face and left him in a position that caused him to suffocate.

Union Pacific Railroad Co. filed a federal civil lawsuit against Glendell H Farms in August. It argues that the farm’s owners are responsible for damages to its locomotives, railcars, signals and tracks due to the actions of their hired hand, the late Jonah Matthews.

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that allows caps on some damages in wrongful death lawsuits.Shannon Dodson died five years ago…

Jacob McCleland contributed reporting from Cape Girardeau.A Cape Girardeau judge denied a deposition request on Tuesday in the wrongful death hearing of…

A southwestern Illinois judge has tossed a wrongful death lawsuit against Joyce Meyer Ministries filed in 2011. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that…

The wife and daughter of man killed inside a Walmart store when a massive tornado hit Joplin are suing.The Joplin Globe reported that the wrongful death…

A wrongful death suit has been filed against August Busch IV on behalf of the son of Busch's deceased girlfriend, Adrienne Martin, the St. Louis…

The family of Sheri Coleman has dropped the wrongful death suit against Coleman's former husband, Christopher Coleman, KMOV reports.Christopher Coleman is…

The parents of 21-year-old Jeremy Dunlap say that there was not ample protection at the New Life Evangelistic Center to prevent their son's stabbing death…

The sister of a woman who died after being struck by a Metro bus on Dec. 3, 2010 has filed a wrongful death suit against Bi-State Development Agency, the…