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Jackson County jury ruled that a pharmaceutical company did not discriminate based on gender in firing one of its male managers, but it levied a seven-figure award based on claims of retaliation and failure to provide a proper service letter. ...
Read More »Missouri considers trimming impeachment after Greitens’ case
The Missouri Senate is backing an effort that could make it harder to impeach and oust top officials, less than a year after the state’s governor resigned while facing potential impeachment. Senators behind the proposal say it isn’t motivated by ...
Tagged with: Eric Greitens impeachment
Read More »Judge sides with insurer in hail-damage dispute
A Camden County jury has decided the owners of a house with severe wood rot did not mislead the couple to whom it was sold, but the court did find a defendant home-inspection company responsible for the damage. “The jury ...
Tagged with: Becker Hoerner Thompson & Ysursa Camden County home inspection Jacobson Press Kenneth M. Hayden Lake Ozark Real Estate Inspection
Read More »Jury awards motorist in crash caused by dropped cell phone
A crash caused by a dropped cell phone has resulted in a six-figure verdict for an injured motorist. “It was a distracted-driving, rear-end collision where the driver of the car in back dropped his hand-held cell phone,” said Geoff Meyerkord ...
Tagged with: Hartstein Law Jeffrey Braun Jeffrey Schweig Meyerkord & Meyerkord
Read More »City settles with man who crashed bicycle
A man involved in a bicycle accident at the scene of underground plumbing work in St. Louis will receive $200,000 under the terms of a settlement. Joshua Klenke, 26, broke his collarbone in the predawn accident, which was apparently caused ...
Tagged with: Brown & Crouppen Childress Ahlheim Cary Jim Cantalin Joshua Klenke premises liability Sutter Plumbing
Read More »Jury awards woman in T-bone accident
A St. Louis County jury has awarded a $2.5 million verdict to a woman whose car was struck in a T-bone collision by a man pulling out of his driveway. “It was a damages case,” said Christopher Finney of Finney ...
Tagged with: Finney Injury Law motor vehicle accident Rouse & Cary
Read More »Jury sides with woman after lender garnishes her wages
Jurors returned a six-figure judgment against a lender who evidently garnished a debtor’s wages without properly serving her first. “They garnished her for over two years — closer to three,” said Christopher Roberts of Butsch Roberts & Associates. “They garnished ...
Tagged with: - Wrongful Garnishment Butsch Roberts & Associates Canel King & Jones St. Louis Circuit Court The Loan Machine Title Loan
Read More »Company driver’s history factors into settlement
A Cape Girardeau woman injured in a collision with a driver for an auto-parts store reached a $1.475 million settlement in the matter. “Basically, the O’Reilly Auto Parts driver was coming the opposite direction and driving too fast for conditions,” ...
Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision
Read More »Dispute over private loan settled out of court
A dispute regarding a loan between two private parties in Taney County settled for $86,691. Plaintiff Carla Backlin filed a declaratory-judgment action regarding a $78,000 loan she made to her friend Linda Wilson. Michael Horn, an attorney in Branson who ...
Tagged with: contract
Read More »Law Firm Leader: Brian D. Malkmus
Brian D. Malkmus Malkmus Law Firm Some lawyers like to dwell on their victories. Not Brian Malkmus. “I remember the losses really well. I can tell you the facts of every case I have ever lost,” he said. “Those are ...
Tagged with: Law Firm Leader Missouri Lawyers Awards 2019
Read More »Legal Champion: Ashley Ricket
Ashley Ricket Ricket Law Firm Ashley Ricket still recalls the time when, as a young child, she first said she wanted to be a lawyer. “Somebody laughed at me. I’m not quite sure who it was, but they joked and ...
Tagged with: Legal Champion Missouri Lawyers Awards 2019
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