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Featured December 28, 2018

Number of Supreme Court handdowns dips to lowest level since at least 2001

It’s been a slow year for the Missouri Supreme Court. As of the court’s last scheduled handdown of the year on Dec. 18, the high court had issued 63 written opinions. It is the lowest calendar-year total since at least 2001, according to a database of Supreme Court opinions maintained by Missouri Lawyers Media. The […]

Featured September 17, 2018

Appeals court upholds $3.8M verdict against BNSF

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Sept. 4 upheld a jury award of $3.8 million to a couple in Holt County whose farm was ravaged by floodwater after a railroad embankment collapsed. Thomas and Dana Tubbs had sued BNSF Railway Company in 2012 in the wake of the property damage, which had occurred […]

Featured July 12, 2018

Jury returns $4.69 billion verdict in talcum-power case

A St. Louis jury returned a verdict of $4.69 billion on July 12 for a group of women who alleged they contracted ovarian cancer from Johnson & Johnson-brand powder. The award is among the largest in state history.

Featured June 8, 2018

Prosecutor says ‘clock has run out’ on Greitens case

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens won’t face a new felony charge, a special prosecutor announced Friday.

Featured June 4, 2018

Dismissal of Greitens charges sparks ethical debates

Seven terse paragraphs lock in the agreement that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner signed with former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on May 30 to dismiss a felony case against him in exchange for his leaving office.

Featured May 29, 2018

Missouri Gov. Greitens to resign

Gov. Eric Greitens, beset by investigations and facing the specter of impeachment, said today he will resign June 1 at 5 p.m.

Featured April 19, 2018

UPDATED: Chastised prosecutors get green light for Greitens trial

St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison ruled Thursday morning that prosecutors had displayed “sanctionable” behavior in their case against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens for felony invasion of privacy, but he declined to grant the defense’s request for dismissal.

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