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MU law school’s ranking drops again

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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University of Missouri School of Law’s ranking dropped 14 spots in the new U.S. News & World Report law school ratings, while a new system means all four Missouri law schools are now ranked.

SLU, feds resolve case over taxing of medical residents

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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A university and the federal government have agreed to resolve a lawsuit over taxing medical residents. Saint Louis University sued the U.S. government last fall alleging it overpaid $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes from 1995 through March 2005. Several other teaching medical programs have made similar claims, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which sued [...]

Johnson to serve as SLU’s interim dean

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

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Sandra Johnson, former professor of law and health care ethics at Saint Louis University, will serve as the law school's interim dean beginning July 1.

$6.8M – $5.52M = $1.28M

Friday, November 20, 2009

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A St. Louis judge reduced a $6.8 million medical malpractice verdict to $1.28 million, and the plaintiff’s lawyer is ready to appeal. In August, a jury said Saint Louis University was responsible for the death of a 6-month-old boy because his doctors failed to diagnose and treat a bacterial infection. The jury awarded the parents, [...]

$825,000 verdict affirmed

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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The Missouri Supreme Court upheld an $825,000 medical malpractice verdict, finding that a videotaped news interview with the plaintiff did not warrant a new trial. Last November the Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis threw out the verdict and ordered a new trial. The disputed videotape was a 2001 local news story about how [...]

Jury awards $6M in wrongful death of infant

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Editor’s note: The original post listed the damages as economic, rather than noneconomic. Parents were awarded $6 million in a wrongful death case in which they alleged that Saint Louis University’s failure to diagnose and treat a bacterial infection led to their 6-month-old son’s death. A St. Louis jury awarded Dewayne and Suzanne Blankenship $80,000 [...]

New St. Louis County judge named

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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A St. Louis area attorney gets the nod to become a circuit judge for St. Louis County. Gov. Jay Nixon announced today he has chosen Thomas Prebil of University City to fill a spot vacated in the 21st Circuit by the retirement of Judge Bernhardt Drumm Jr. Prebil has been an attorney with Schlichter, Bogard [...]

A-B says, ‘Here’s to you, SLU!’

Friday, May 15, 2009

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The Anheuser-Busch Foundation donated $3 million to the $35 million expansion of Saint Louis University’s School of Law, the university announced Thursday. The gift is the largest donation to date for the expansion and also marks the largest gift to SLU from A-B. Dave Peacock, president of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., presented the gift to SLU [...]

Donnelly to lead state health agency

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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State Rep. Margaret Donnelly has been chosen as the next director of the state health department. Donnelly narrowly lost the Democratic primary for attorney general to Chris Koster. Today, Gov.-elect Jay Nixon announced that he has tapped the Richmond Heights attorney to run the state Department of Health and Senior Services. In running her own [...]

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MU law school’s ranking drops again

SLU, feds resolve case over taxing of medical residents

Johnson to serve as SLU’s interim dean

$6.8M – $5.52M = $1.28M

$825,000 verdict affirmed

Jury awards $6M in wrongful death of infant

New St. Louis County judge named

A-B says, ‘Here’s to you, SLU!’

Donnelly to lead state health agency

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