A Joplin attorney is suing a former Carl Junction police officer for allegedly assaulting him during a November 12, 2025 child paternity meeting.
In the lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in Jasper County Circuit Court, Terence Prigmore claims Bradley McDaniel (pictured) punched and kicked him and stomped on him during the meeting, which was held in Prigmore's office.
The two-count lawsuit claims McDaniel committed battery and was negligent.
Prigmore is represented by Scott Vorhees of the Joplin firm of Johnson, Vorhees and Martucci.
From the petition:
On or about the 12th day of November 2025 in the Prigmore Law Office at 2727 E. 12th Street in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, plaintiff Terence Prigmore was the court-appointed mediator in the paternity action styled Alicia A. Michaael vs. Bradley P. McDaniel pending in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri, Case No 24AP-FC00163.The parties in the paternity action had arrived. The mediation process had commenced when defendant became angry and argumentative, shouting curse words, and then did physically and violently repeatedly strike Plaintiff's face and person with defendant's fist, and throw Plaintiff against the walls of the room in which the mediation was being conducted, and further kicked and stomped Plaintiff, who lost consciousness during the course of the attack.
The conduct of defendant and the physical battery of Plaintiff constituted the intentional offensive bodily contact of Plaintiff.
The aforesaid battery of Plaintiff directly caused or directly contributed to cause severe and substantial injuries to Plaintiff's body and mind.
Plaintiff has directly incurred substantial expenses to and for past and future hospital, physician, pharmaceutical, radiographic and other medical care and treatment. Plaintiff has further sustained past and future loss earnings and loss of earning capacity.
The aforesaid battery of Plaintiff was not only intentional but outrageous due to the evil and malicious intent of defendant, and with a depraved heart.
The intentional battery and infliction of injuries were further evil and wanton because they were inflicted with the purpose and intent of interfering with and improperly influencing the due course of the administration of justice while Plaintiff was serving as the court-appointed mediator in the pending paternity action against defendant.
The evil and wantonness of defendant's intended actions is further demonstrated by the conduct of defendant immediately following his battery of Plaintiff, in which defendant claimed to be the victim, defendant attempted to intimidate and influence the statements of a witness to the assault, and when a law enforcement officer arrived on scene defendant attempted to sway the officer's perception of events by stating defendant was an officer of the law, too.
The Joplin Police Department arrested McDaniel after the incident and the Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney's office charged him with first-degree assault- special victim. He was bound over for trial in January. The case is being prosecuted by the Missouri Attorney General's office. No trial date has beens scheduled.
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