The Benson Law Firm LLC
111 S. Baltimore, Kirksville, Missouri 63501, Kirksville, MO 63501
About The Benson Law Firm LLC
The Benson Law Firm LLC represents clients in personal injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, and criminal defense. Based in Kirksville, Missouri, the firm also handles workers' compensation and civil trial practice. Jay Benson, practicing since 1984 and a former MATA President, founded the firm. Its three attorneys include Polly Petree Hampton, a former Air Force Nurse who uses her medical background in personal injury cases. The firm has secured significant settlements and verdicts for clients across Missouri.
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Notable Case Results
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$14.6M
Motor Vehicle Accident
Jury verdict for a client who suffered traumatic brain injuries and permanent disability, and whose 10-year-old daughter was killed, when her vehicle struck an unflagged 25-foot log extending from a MoDOT dump truck in a construction zone.
$5M
Wrongful Death
Settlement for the family of a driver killed when his van was rear-ended by a semi-tractor/trailer on U.S. Highway 36 in Macon County, causing the van to overturn and catch fire. The settlement was for policy limits, with the right to seek contribution from parties involved in the van's modification.
$3.8M
Wrongful Death
Settlement for the surviving children of a couple killed when their vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer in a construction zone on Interstate Highway 44 in Springfield, Missouri. The truck driver was found to be careless and fatigued.
$3.4M
Motor Vehicle Accident
Settlement for two teenaged boys who suffered horrific injuries, including multiple fractures, traumatic brain injury, and internal organ damage, after their vehicle was struck head-on by a pickup truck that crossed the median on U.S. Highway 36 in Macon County.
$2.5M
Motor Vehicle Accident
Settlement for an over-the-road truck driver who suffered an open fracture of the left fibula, massive left leg soft tissue injuries, open dislocation of the left ankle, and other fractures, leading to a below-the-knee amputation of his left leg, after a head-on collision with another semi-truck.
$2M
Wrongful Death
Settlement for the wrongful death of a client's husband, who was killed when his pickup truck was struck by another pickup truck pulling a gooseneck flatbed trailer. Accident reconstruction showed the truck-trailer was speeding and crossed the centerline.