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Davis, Bethune & Jones Wins Family $21 Million Verdict in Fatal Helicopter Crash Case

DBJ won a verdict of $21 million from a St. Louis jury for two U.S. Army reservists who died when their helicopter crashed after hitting unmarked power lines. Three Rivers Electric Cooperative was found responsible because the lines and their supporting structures were almost impossible to see and Three Rivers knew aircraft flew at low levels in the area.

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Davis, Bethune & Jones Wins $3.25 Million Premises Liability Verdict

DBJ attorney Scott S. Bethune wins a $3.25 million jury verdict against employer who failed to follow its own security and domestic violence protocols that could have protected its vulnerable employee who was shot on company property by a known threatening ex-boyfriend.

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Improper Patient Transfer Results in Davis, Bethune & Jones Winning $10.25 Million Wrongful Death Verdict

DBJ won a $10.25 million wrongful death verdict on behalf of the parents of a man who was improperly transferred to a facility not licensed to treat his type of illness.

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