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Engel v. Engel (MLW No. 79724/Case No. 22-2549 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota.

Loew v. Heartland Trophy Properties, Inc. (MLW No. 79691/Case No. WD85343 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Sutton, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Putnam County, Hudson, J. (Christopher Swiecicki, Chesterfield, for appellant) (Justin Sullivan, Des Moines, Iowa, for respondent).

Sorenson v. Sorenson (MLW No. 79696/Case No. 22-1478 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Davis, J. (Adine S. Momoh, Minneapolis, MN argued for appellant) (Thomas Charles Atmore, St. Paul, MN argued for appellee).

Bird Industries, Inc. v. Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (MLW No. 79592/Case No. 22-2584 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Hovland, J.

Where appellants challenged the confirmation of an arbitration award against them, there was no evident partiality by the arbitrator, and the district court did not make a mistake in setting the attorney fee award or in concluding that the appellant’s ...

Westjohn v. Seldin Co. (MLW No. 79490/Case No. 22-2853 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Bataillon, J.

Where an automotive group, which was a defendant in a class action arising from its sale and marketing of hail-damaged vehicles as “brand-new” and “factory-fresh,” challenged the denial of its motion to stay a class action and compel the parties ...

Tagged with: Arbitration class action Purchase Contracts

Where in a dispute regarding an unpaid loan in which the district court entered judgment in favor of the estate of the woman who made the loan, the court correctly instructed the jury on the elements of fraudulent concealment under ...

Tagged with: fraud Proper Party in Interest Statute Of Limitations

Where appellant challenged the dismissal with prejudice of her petition against respondent and a bank for claims including conversion and fraud, the dismissal by docket sheet entry did not meet the requirements of Rule 74.01(a) and was not a judgment, ...

Tagged with: Dismissal Docket Sheet Entry jurisdiction

(1)Where appellant land owner challenged a judgment awarding him $573,000 as compensation for the condemnation of his property and assessing $21,207 in costs against him, the presiding judge had authority to specially assign the action to another judge, so the ...

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Where a plaintiff, who was injured when shipped goods fell on him from a trailer that he was driving, sued the seller of the goods and a shipper, the Carmack Amendment does not preempt state-law personal injury claims, even if ...

Tagged with: Carmack Amendment Personal Injury Claim Preemption