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Seven people who were injured in a flash fire reached a $15.5 million settlement, according to their attorneys.

The survivors of a man who was shot and killed by an employee of a St. Louis business reached a $2.5 million settlement in a wrongful death claim, according to their attorney.

In a ruling that was decades in the making, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled recently that school districts alleged to have fired an employee for filing a workers’ compensation claim cannot claim the protection of sovereign immunity.

Susan Block likes to say she did her career in reverse.

After a three-day marathon of public interviews and private deliberations, the Appellate Judicial Commission has selected two panels of finalists for openings on the Western and Eastern districts of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

A lot of small cases and a lot of small screens added up to a big series of arbitration awards for a Kansas City litigation team — with more on the way.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Oct. 12 ordered a suspension of at least six months for well-known criminal defense attorney Dan Viets of Columbia.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Oct. 5 said that the two-year statute of limitations for medical malpractice actions doesn’t apply to a lawsuit against a company that provides at-home health services.

A group of people injured in a rollover accident shortly before the Fourth of July holiday reached an $8 million settlement, far in excess of the limits of the applicable insurance policy, according to their attorneys.

Dee Wampler, one of the most prominent criminal defense lawyers in southwestern Missouri, died Oct. 8 in the midst of doing what he loved — preparing for a criminal case. He was 81. Wampler had stayed overnight in St. Louis ...

A state law that uniquely restricts cities in St. Louis County from raising revenue through traffic citations is still on the books — and the court ruling that struck down that law is not. Now the Missouri Supreme Court has to decide if that means the law itself can make a comeback.