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A woman who fell down the stairs of a second-story apartment settled her claim with the apartment owners for $142,500 without filing a lawsuit.

A southwest Missouri school district has settled with a special education student who claimed her teacher fondled her during class.

When Christine Alsop left a small St. Louis firm in January to start her own elder and disability law firm, she had two major concerns. First, creating a decent letterhead. And second, figuring out the annual headache that is health care benefits.

Tagged with: Practice, Practice: December 2011

Missouri halting political process has delayed the rollout of one important element of the federal health care act geared toward small businesses — a state-run health insurance exchange.

The Missouri Supreme Court today passed on the chance to consider a case challenging a set of state hunting regulations forbidding hunters from using dogs or ATVs to hunt deer.

A federal jury in Cape Girardeau awarded $760,000 to a man who accused his former employer of age discrimination.

Gov. Jay Nixon this afternoon promoted state appellate Judge George W. Draper III to the Missouri Supreme Court.

The Missouri Supreme Court today probed the constitutional “can of worms” opened up by waivers of post-conviction relief by criminal defendants.

Carl E. Smith’s court filings and affidavits loudly spouted incredible claims about the alleged criminal and sexual proclivities of various lawyers and judges in his community.

If attorney Carl E. Smith’s disbarment has offered a modicum of peace to Missouri’s so-called “Fighting 44th” judicial circuit, it’s hard to tell.