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On Oct. 8 a St. Louis County jury awarded a couple $10 million in the 60-year-old husband’s medical negligence case against a spine surgeon who operated on him twice.

In a ruling that was decades in the making, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled recently that school districts alleged to have fired an employee for filing a workers’ compensation claim cannot claim the protection of sovereign immunity.

A federal grand jury has indicted three Missourians in an alleged scheme to use the identities of people who had died to collect thousands of dollars from federal funds meant to help people affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Three months after creation of a commission to identify cybersecurity risks in state government, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has yet to appoint any members.

After a three-day marathon of public interviews and private deliberations, the Appellate Judicial Commission has selected two panels of finalists for openings on the Western and Eastern districts of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

A lot of small cases and a lot of small screens added up to a big series of arbitration awards for a Kansas City litigation team — with more on the way.

Attorneys for Michael Politte, who was convicted at age 14 of killing his mother, on Wednesday asked the Missouri Supreme Court to free him after more than 22 years behind bars, citing now-disproven evidence, a faulty investigation and a flawed trial defense.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Oct. 12 ordered a suspension of at least six months for well-known criminal defense attorney Dan Viets of Columbia.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Oct. 5 said that the two-year statute of limitations for medical malpractice actions doesn’t apply to a lawsuit against a company that provides at-home health services.

A federal judge has struck down Missouri’s requirement that a majority of the owners of companies that dispense, grow or manufacture marijuana must be state residents.

Students, teachers and staff at Missouri schools who have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 will be allowed to stay in school and participate in extracurricular activities if they meet certain criteria, state education officials said.