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"Amanda Verett, who gained and lost a big judgment in a personal injury suit she filed this year against a Troy police officer, has settled a separate personal injury suit she filed against Safeco Insurance last year.<br />  <br />Her attorney, Thomas Maag of Edwardsville, and Safeco attorney Steven Asher of St. Louis, signed a stipulation for dismissal July 6.<br />  <br />The suit sought damages for injuries from an auto accident. <br /> <br /> Verett, herself an attorney, originally sued the other driver, Tracey Zobrist. She and Zobrist settled in April.<br /> <br /> Maag then amended Verett's complaint to sue Safeco.<br />  <br />Maag asked for $50,000, a 25 percent penalty, prejudgment interest, attorney fees and costs.<br />  <br />Asher moved in May to dismiss, arguing that Verett did not specify her policy number or the provisions under which she sought coverage.<br />  <br />He wrote that she failed to attach her policy to the complaint.<br />  <br />He wrote that she cited no authority entitling her to prejudgment interest or attorney fees. <br />  <br />Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder denied the motion to dismiss on June 15.<br /> <br /> She ruled that Verett could submit an affidavit instead of her policy.<br /> <br /> Verett submitted an affidavit swearing, \"That I have no copies of insurance policies from Safeco Insurance Company.\"<br /> <br /> Crowder struck from Maag's complaint the demands for prejudgment interest and attorney fees.<br /> <br /> Three weeks later the case closed.<br />  <br />Verett and Maag continue to pursue an injury suit against Troy policeman Clarence Jackson and owners of a Pizza Hut.<br />  <br />Verett claims Jackson caused her to fall while opening a door at Pizza Hut.<br /> <br /> Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron granted default judgment against Jackson in May for $311,700.<br /> <br /> Jackson moved to vacate the judgment, arguing that he acted in the line of duty and expected the city to defend him.<br /> <br /> Byron vacated the judgment June 22.<br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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