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A St. Louis County bar agreed to pay $1.22 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed after an argument about the weight of a dog became heated. The March 12 settlement came exactly one month ...
Read More »8th Circuit denies claim for teacher’s illicit recordings
Two years ago, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed a hefty jury verdict to stand against a Missouri county that failed to supervise an abusive officer. But on April 11, a lawsuit that made similar claims against a ...
Tagged with: 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Fort Zumwalt Schoo District St. Charles County
Read More »Fight over who will hear Rams suit may be at an end
For arguably the third time, the Court of Appeals Eastern District has ruled that the disputed exit of the Rams from St. Louis should not be resolved in arbitration.
Tagged with: Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District St. Louis Rams St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority Stan Kroenke
Read More »Supreme Court rules for Lt. Gov., ALJ
Missouri’s lieutenant governor and (for now) an administrative law judge will get to keep their jobs after separate rulings from the Missouri Supreme Court.
Tagged with: Administrative Law Judge Mike Kehoe Missouri Supreme Court
Read More »Family resolves suit for man’s choking death at nursing home
The family of a man who choked to death at a Kansas City nursing home reached a $1 million settlement, according to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Attorneys Brett Williams Brown & Crouppen and Jonathan Steele of The Steele Law Firm said ...
Tagged with: Brown & Crouppen Jackson County Circuit Court nursing home death The Steele law Firm wrongful death
Read More »Court won’t recognize new duty for employers
The Court of Appeals Southern District declined to recognize a “negligent recommendation” cause of action in a lawsuit alleging that a religious college gave a church the name of a pastor who went on to abuse a minor.
Tagged with: Independence Christian Community Church Jasper County Circuit Court Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Missouri Supreme Court Monsees & Mayer Ozark Christian College Taylor Stafford Clithero & Harris
Read More »Injuries from Oklahoma crash resolved pre-suit with insurer
A passenger injured in a crash on an Oklahoma highway reached a $200,000 pre-suit settlement with the car’s driver, according to his attorney. Laurie Del Percio of The Horn Law Firm in Independence said claimant Michael Smith was riding as ...
Read More »Supreme Court takes on two tortuous torts
A pair of the procedurally oddest wrongful-death cases in recent Missouri history went before the Supreme Court last week. The high court on April 9 considered the continued viability of a lawsuit stemming from suspicious deaths at a northern Missouri ...
Tagged with: Chillicothe Hedrick Medical Center Missouri Supreme Court
Read More »Judicial death sentence gets second hearing
For the second time this year, the Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether a judge can impose a death penalty in the absence of explicit jury findings.
Tagged with: death penalty judicial death sentence Missouri Supreme Court
Read More »Supreme Court weighs parole law’s retroactivity
The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether a recent softening of the penalties for repeat drug offenses applies retroactively to people still serving harsh sentences.
Tagged with: criminal code Missouri Attorney General's Office Missouri Court of Appeal Western District Missouri Supreme Court
Read More »State Supreme Court waits on judicially imposed death sentence
The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered a new penalty phase for a former Dent County sheriff’s deputy convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, leaving for another day whether a judge was right to have given him the death penalty. Marvin Rice ...
Tagged with: Annette Durham Dent County Dent County Sheriff fatal shooting Marvin Rice Missouri Supreme Court St. Charles County Steven Strotkamp
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