For the second time this year, the Missouri Supreme Court is considering the circumstances under which a worker can claim to be permanently totally disabled.
Read More »Donald Carmody dies at age 79
Don Carmody, a Carmody MacDonald founding partner, died on Dec. 19 at age 79. A statement from the firm said that he died peacefully from cancer.
Read More »Second Injury Fund liability back before Supreme Court
For the second time this year, the Missouri Supreme Court is considering the circumstances under which a worker can claim to be permanently totally disabled.
Read More »Medical-marijuana application data fight pits right against right
The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing what attorneys argued is a conflict of rights established by the state’s medical marijuana constitutional amendment.
Read More »Feds: Missouri gun law poses ‘clear and substantial threat’
A Missouri law forbidding local police from enforcing federal gun laws is hampering efforts to protect the public, federal authorities say.
Read More »Missouri high court tosses mall shooting murder conviction
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a man's murder conviction in a deadly 2018 shooting outside a suburban Kansas City shopping mall because he wasn't allowed to argue at trial that he acted in self-defense.
Read More »Eastern District denies challenge to initial cash bond
The Court of Appeals Eastern District on Dec. 14 turned aside a challenge to the practice of setting bond as part of the initial arrest warrant in criminal cases. Now the attorney who brought the challenge hopes the Missouri Supreme Court will take up the matter.
Read More »Sutton named to Western District appeals court
For 33 years, Judge Janet Sutton’s job changes have required her to move no further than one floor of the Clay County Courthouse to the next. Her next move is a bit bigger.
Read More »Missouri court adds to ban on Biden contractor vaccine rule
A federal judge in Missouri added another legal block Monday against President Joe Biden's requirement that federal contractors receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
Read More »30th Circuit filings to be interrupted during realignment
Electronic services in the 30th Judicial Circuit will be suspended from noon on Dec. 27 though midnight Jan. 2 while Benton County moves to the 27th Circuit.
Read More »Missouri treasurer cracks down on schools with mask mandates
Missouri's treasurer no longer will help schools refinance bond debt unless superintendents promise not to enforce face mask requirements and other COVID-19 safety measures issued by local officials.
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