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Patrick J. Moroney has joined The Gori Law Firm, based in Edwardsville, Illinois, in its New York office. Moroney represents clients who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma and lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. He has participated and assisted ...

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As the COVID-19 pandemic has tossed the world upside down and sent the economy into an unprecedented tailspin, many of Missouri’s solo practitioners and small law firms are left looking for help. Fortunately, several federal, state and legal organizations offer varied ...

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Kyle Gottuso has joined Armstrong Teasdale as of-counsel in the firm’s St. Louis office. Gottuso, whose practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, has handled contentious IP matters in U.S. District Courts around the country and before the U.S. Patent and ...

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Where a defendant in a robbery and burglary case challenged the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief, the claim of prosecutorial misconduct was not cognizable in a Rule 29.15 proceeding, the findings that counsel was not ineffective and that ...

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Where a defendant challenged a denial of post-conviction relief, arguing ineffective assistance of counsel, the motion court did not clearly err, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. Shelby v. State (MLW No. 74756/Case No. SD36125 – 3 pages) ...

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Where appellant sought the return of escrow money after failing to close on a condominium purchase, bringing claims under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act and for fraudulent transfer, the judgment for the defendants is affirmed because the trial court did ...

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Where the family of a man who died from asbestosis sued the manufacturer of asbestos-containing boilers, which the man inspected as part of his job, the summary judgment record presented a genuine dispute to be decided by a jury as ...

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Where a defendant, who was found guilty of charges including second-degree murder, argued that the trial court clearly erred in denying his motion to suppress statements that he made to police, the statements were not incriminating, and the case was ...

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Where a defendant challenged a judgment entered against him following a jury verdict convicting him of second-degree involuntary manslaughter, the trial court did not err in allowing the jury to use a transcript of a dash-camera video, and the court ...

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Where a defendant argued that her plea counsel was ineffective for advising her to enter an Alford plea without considering her competence and for failing to investigate and raise a defense of not guilty by reason of insanity, the defendant ...

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Where plaintiffs brought a medical malpractice action against a clinic and a doctor claiming that the doctor provided negligent post-operative care following an ovarian cyst-removal procedure, allegedly resulting in an infection and infertility, the two-year statute of limitations began running ...

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