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A widow and other surviving family members of a trucking-company employee who died in a collision will receive a $4.35 million settlement from the trucking company. In October 2016, the man was sleeping in a tractor-trailer truck being driven by ...

Listings for condos at Camdenton’s Bella Sera complex advertised “stunning Tuscan style” and “lakefront luxury,” complete with decks to enjoy Lake of the Ozarks breezes. Buyers who purchased units at Bella Sera, however, felt that the reality did not live ...

Improving the diversity and inclusion of the legal field is a good thing to do, but Lisa Sonia Taylor wants law leaders to understand it’s also essential to ensure the success of the legal profession. As the world becomes more ...

When you talk to Blake Strode about what he wants, you’ll learn that his ambitions are not for himself. His ambitions lie in transforming the justice system so that the services offered meet the needs required. It’s a tall order, ...

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Keith Price wanted to be known as one thing: a great attorney. He knew that after he graduated from law school at Baylor University and joined the St. Louis firm of Davis, Davis, Kasnetz & Greenberg. Still, even though he ...

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Law firms often tout their numbers of diverse staff, but Christopher Pickett knows that data doesn’t always tell the story. And most of the data regarding diversity in the legal field doesn’t tell a positive one. Law firms might pursue ...

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A Cole County jury on Aug. 15 awarded a group of Missouri prison employees a verdict of $113 million for unpaid activities performed before and after their shifts but necessary to their jobs. Guards in Missouri’s prisons are compensated only ...

Missouri Lawyers Media honored 19 attorneys and one law firm at its inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Awards on Aug. 15 at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. Honorees were recognized for their work to advance diversity, inclusion and the ...

A driver who sustained numerous injuries and the loss of what would have been his first child in a three-car crash will receive a $459,000 settlement. The confidential plaintiff brought claims for personal injury and wrongful death, according to plaintiff’s ...

Football players face well-known risks on the field, but Reggie Bush’s biggest foe came 33 feet from the sidelines during a November 2015 game at the former home of the Rams. Bush, a former running back for the San Francisco ...

Terry Crouppen’s father, Alvin, spent his career in courthouses, but he wasn’t an attorney or a judge. After emigrating from Russia, he became a bail bondsman. The job drew him close to lawyers in St. Louis, and he pushed son ...

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