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Workers’ Comp Cases Are Set For Review By Supreme Court The Missouri Supreme Court accepted transfer of six cases this month, while denying requests to transfer 39 others. Five of the transfers granted are civil cases, and one is a ...

The Missouri Supreme Court’s decisions in Brandt I and Brandt II set out rules for ex parte contact when a doctor-patient relationship exists. When the ex parte contact is with an expert medical witness who is not a treating physician, ...

No doctor-patient privilege exists in the Missouri statutes or common law which would forbid ex parte conversations between a patient’s treating physicians and the defendant-doctor in a medical malpractice suit, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled. The court held that ...

Grandparents should have visitation rights with their grandchildren, but such visitation should not be equal to parental visitation in custody matters, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled. In the case, the court affirmed the constitutionality of Section 452.402, RSMo Supp ...

A ‘Mary Carter’ agreement which provided a settling defendant who remained in the case with a fixed maximum liability and reimbursement for amounts recovered from the remaining defendant is not void as a matter of policy, the Missouri Supreme Court ...

[INTRODUCTORY NOTE: In last week’s Viewpoint, John Medler explained why a landowner who hires an independent contractor should be immune from all suits brought by employees of independent contractors, even where the allegation is direct negligence on the part of ...

Quiet Enjoyment – XXX Videos Type of Action: Landlord suit for rent/Counterclaim for breach of covenant of quiet enjoyment Type of Injuries: Landlord lost rent and attorney fees. Tenant claimed damages representing total investment and advertising in carpet business Court/Case ...

Statewide incidents of women attorneys being called “honey,” “little lady” and “lawyerette” show gender bias remains in the Missouri court system, but “substantial progress” has been made concluded the Missouri Task Force on Gender and Justice in a 348-page report, ...

A heart patient’s long-term neglect of doctors’ orders was not the proximate cause of his death from heart failure after negligent emergency treatment, and the jury should not have been instructed to assess a percentage of fault to him, the ...

Domestic Relations Wife Can Seize Teacher Pension For Delinquent Maintenance A wife can garnish her ex-husband’s rights in his teacher’s retirement fund for unpaid maintenance even though a statute says the fund is not subject to garnishment, and even though ...

An insurance broker who delayed the Director of Insurance’s examination of his records for a year and a business owner who bragged that he had collected but not remitted sales taxes were denied awards of attorneys’ fees in a pair ...