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A Kansas jury cleared a nursing home in the death of a woman who fell while in its care.
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Read More »Lesser-included offenses must be ‘rational’ under bill
Eight years ago, the Missouri Supreme Court suggested that if lawmakers didn’t like its take on the state’s lesser-included offenses statute, there was a way to fix it. A bill passed in the final days of the 2022 legislative session would do just that.
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Read More »Supreme Court won’t rehear case dismissed for faulty brief
The Missouri Supreme Court has declined to grant a rehearing in a workers’ compensation case it dismissed in March due to flaws in the claimant’s brief.
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Read More »Appeals court wades into ‘turf war’ in Lincoln County
The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled May 17 that the Lincoln County Circuit Court is free to give its presiding judge supervisory authority over deputy clerks, despite a state law that gives such authority to the circuit clerk.
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Read More »McCloskeys can’t fulfill probation by representing Project Veritas
The Missouri Supreme Court has nixed a request by Mark and Patricia McCloskey to satisfy the terms of their disciplinary probation by providing pro bono legal services to the conservative investigative outfit Project Veritas.
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Read More »After first year on the court, Ransom’s robes are official
Successful judges generally have long and impressive resumes. Few, however, have ever detailed their musical play lists quite as extensively as Judge Robin Ransom.
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Read More »Crash with tow truck results in $325,000 settlement
A man injured in a crash with a tow truck reached a $325,000 a pre-litigation settlement, according to his attorney.
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Read More »Southern District splits on work comp for nurse’s knee injury
The full Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District on May 5 split 6-1 over whether a nurse who was injured while at work was owed workers’ compensation.
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Read More »Teens injured in crash prevail in back-to-back trials
In the space of two weeks, Linn County jurors — aided by the novel use of the videoconferencing program Zoom — delivered a total of $4.1 million in damages for two young women injured in a car crash.
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Read More »Class action settlement tossed after long fight over standing
A recent decision of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals obliterated a $333,600 class action settlement that a federal judge approved more than five years ago.
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Read More »Jury gives massive award to man injured by cloud of gas
A federal jury awarded $46.75 million to a man who suffered severe throat injuries when a cloud of noxious gas was released from a northeastern Missouri plant.
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