Jury finds woman mostly at fault for highway crash

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A Phelps County jury determined that a 73-year-old Rolla woman injured in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 44 was 75 percent responsible, awarding her less than $11,000 after a six-figure demand on the morning of trial.  Joyce Ann Horrell sued Tyson Foods and driver Eric Scott Liverar of Pettis County in 2019, nearly

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Defendant cleared in deadly crash near rest stop

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A federal jury sided with a trucking company following a fatal crash near the on-ramp of an awkwardly placed rest stop on Interstate 44. The suit stemmed from the death of 22-year-old Brandan Sutherland, who was a passenger in a 2009 Ford Focus traveling eastbound through Missouri on the evening Jan. 31, 2016. The car

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Missouri Social Distancing Order

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Missouri Social Distancing Order Governor Parson issued a Social Distancing Order which takes effect on March 23, 2020, and runs through April 6, 2020. The Order simply contains social distancing guidelines applicable to all people in the State of Missouri. Specifically, this order requires individuals who are residents of Missouri to:  Avoid social gatherings of

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