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Three candidates have been nominated for an associate circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County. The 21st Circuit Judicial Commission selected Kenneth M. Brison, Heather R. Cunningham and Amanda B. McNelley as potential successors to fill the vacancy created by ...

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The Saint Louis Bar Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, honored five people during its 12th annual Spirit of Justice Awards Celebration Oct. 4 at the Saint Louis Club in Clayton. Award winners include ...

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Where the Second Injury Fund challenged an award declaring the claimant to be permanently and totally disabled, the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission did not err in invoking the rule of necessity to allow a commissioner who had previously recused ...

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Where a former locomotive engineer claimed that the railroad was negligent for providing loose cab seats that failed to protect him from excessive shock and jarring, which resulted in significant back injuries, the trial court’s refusal to give a proffered ...

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Where a homeowner sought coverage for property damage after the brick veneer on an exterior wall of his home collapsed, the grant of summary judgment to the insurer is affirmed because a policy exclusion provides that the policy does not ...

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Where a driver challenged the suspension of her driving privileges, arguing that the trial court erred in concluding during de novo proceedings that it did not have the authority to hear and determine due process violations that allegedly took place ...

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Where the Department of Corrections challenged a judgment granting partial summary judgment to class plaintiffs, who were corrections officers, in a dispute regarding the officers’ breach-of-contract claims arising from the compensability of their pre- and post-shift tasks, the disputed tasks ...

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Where appellant challenged the entry of judgment in favor of the respondent on a claim for action on account, the judgment described several bases for the judgment including that the appellant failed to establish the total value of services rendered ...

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  Where appellants challenged the entry of an amended judgment that found the parties had reached a binding settlement agreement and entering judgment pursuant to the terms, the trial court did not err despite the fact that there was no ...

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Where appellant sought leave to file a supersedeas bond after a trial court quieted title to a farm to respondents, and the respondents sought a judgment against the bond for attorneys’ fees incurred during appeal and for lost rental income, ...

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Where a wife involved in a dissolution challenged a finding that she was not a partner in the couple’s family farming operation, the trial court did not err in finding that the wife’s evidence was not persuasive, and the judgment ...