Court date set for later this month in Ryan Ferguson’s civil case

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A court date has been scheduled in Ryan Ferguson’s civil case for later this month.

A Cole County jury sided with Ferguson and six former Columbia police detectives in November in their lawsuit against Travelers Insurance.

They claimed Travelers refused to pay out the remaining $2.9 million of a more than $11 million settlement Ferguson and the detectives inked over his reversed murder conviction for sports editor Kent Heitholt's death in the Columbia Daily Tribune parking lot and decade-long incarceration. The jury awarded him $2.9 million in compensatory damages and $35 million in punitive damages.

Attorney Michael Berry asked a Cole County judge in June to add at least $1.3 million to the $43.8 million judgment he awarded. Berry said Walker did not properly add 129 days' interest on the award.

Both sides have filed motions on how much Ferguson should be awarded. The hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26.