MO
Back & spine settlements
in Missouri.
Three Missouri rear end and truck crash cases show how back injury awards are fought after the verdict. A $400,000 award cut to $100,000 by the judge was restored on appeal, a plaintiff got a new trial after the defense put his medical bills before the jury, and a $15,000 award stood because of an old back injury.
Facts that decide a back & spine claim in Missouri
| Medical bills at trial | When a plaintiff abandons the claim for medical expenses, the defense cannot put the amount needed to satisfy those bills before the jury.Schieffer v. DeCleene (Mo. Ct. App. 2017), applying Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.715 |
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| Earlier injuries | The defense may ask about a prior injury to the same part of the body when it bears on what the crash caused.Lewey v. Farmer (Mo. Ct. App. 2012) |
| Deadline to sue | Five years for an action “for any other injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract.”Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120(4) |
| Claims against government | For street defects in cities over 100,000 people, notice within 90 days; public entity liability is capped at $300,000 per person and $2 million per occurrence in the statute, adjusted each January.Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 82.210, 537.610; see our notice table |