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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled March 31 that a woman who alleged she was left infertile by a 2012 surgery cannot sue, despite having continued to receive care for several years at the same clinic. Sharon Newton underwent surgery at ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on March 31 revived an asbestos suit against a boiler manufacturer, saying there was enough circumstantial evidence for the case to proceed to a jury. St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael F. Stelzer had ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled March 31 the state cannot enforce a blanket ban on picketing by public employees. But a larger case about the rights of public-sector unions is headed its way. In a unanimous opinion, the court said ...

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An Excelsior Springs woman reached a $100,000 settlement with a driver who caused a three-vehicle collision, according to her attorney. Rachel Lawrence of Brown & Crouppen’s Kansas City office said that on Sept. 1, 2018, Belinda Holly, then 54, was ...

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A man convicted and then acquitted of murdering his wife reached a $2.05 million settlement in a civil rights suit against a group of Lincoln County law enforcement officials. Former murder suspect Russ Faria initially was convicted of the Dec. ...

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A narrowly divided court ruled that a judge must hold a hearing before awarding temporary child custody.

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Gov. Mike Parson announced $180 million in withholdings from the state budget to address the COVID-19 crisis, including nearly $3.5 million from the judiciary. The expenditure restrictions include $474,559 from judicial education and training and $2,995,616 from treatment courts, the ...

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The parents of a teenage driver killed in a head-on collision settled a wrongful-death claim for $700,000, according to their attorney. Jared Rose said the collision between two pickup trucks took place in 2018 on a two-lane road in rural ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled March 24 that a group of plaintiffs can’t appeal the University of Missouri’s dismissal from their suits while related claims remain against other defendants. The plaintiffs were patients who alleged they underwent ...

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A split panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a hospital can still charge a fee to a lawyer seeking medical records even though its search came up empty. The ruling could give ammunition to the ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court has walked away from a quarter century’s worth of cases that had treated sales and use taxes as virtually the same thing. In a 6-1 ruling on March 17, the court’s majority said an entity that ...

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