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Settlement ends case over Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge death
In March 2012, 35-year-old Andy Gammon drowned when the lift he was on fell from a barge into the Mississippi River north of downtown St. Louis. A year later, his widow and two children as well as his parents filed a wrongful death suit.
Cole County couple wins medical malpractice case
A Cole County jury has awarded damages to a man who was injured during the insertion of a pacemaker and to his wife for loss of consortium.
Sandberg Phoenix attorney Charles Todt dies at 81
Charles “Chuck” Todt, a longtime St. Louis-area attorney, died on Feb. 12.
St. Louis County circuit judges discuss construction, noise, e-filing
Courthouse construction was the thread that shot through every topic at the St. Louis County Circuit Court’s February en banc meeting.
Crash nets mediated settlement for injured woman
A woman who suffered a fractured leg in a car crash has collected a $441,645 settlement.
Study shows SLU’s decline in law school enrollment
Saint Louis University School of Law is among the 25 law schools with the largest percent declines in enrollment, according to a new study by legal education magazine The National Jurist.
Order in sex abuse case could help other litigators
When they secured a Missouri Supreme Court order, the plaintiff’s lawyers in one priest sex abuse case illuminated a path for similar cases in the future.
Pay rates restored for federal panel attorneys
Those attorneys will have their pay rates restored to what they were before a temporary reduction in August of last year, plus a modest increase.
Pre-suit settlement in car crash nets $125,000
A 67-year-old woman, a passenger in a car that was rear-ended, collected $125,000 from the other driver’s insurance policy for her injuries without filing a lawsuit.
St. Louis to appeal decision on red-light ticket ordinance
The city of St. Louis has announced it will appeal Judge Steven R. Ohmer's decision that the city's red-light camera ticketing ordinance is invalid. (Updated 2:20 p.m.)
Pujols accepts Clark apology; Watkins quipless
Two former Cardinals players appear to have settled their differences — and, in an unexpected turn of events, motormouth Clayton attorney Al Watkins has next to nothing to say about it.
$100M settlement reached in NuvaRing litigation
The master settlement agreement lays out $100 million to resolve the claims of plaintiffs nationwide who say that the hormonal ring has caused a heightened risk of blood clots.
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