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Negligence: Motorcycle Accident-Sudden Emergency Doctrine
Plaintiff appealed the grant of summary judgment for defendants. Plaintiff filed suit alleging that she crashed her motorcycle when she rode through an oil spill coming from defendants’ leaking truck. […]
Municipal: Unattended Vehicle Ordinance-Preemption
Defendant appealed the trial court’s grant of plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on his complaint for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief challenging the enforcement of defendant’s unattended vehicle […]
Criminal Law: Expungement-DWI
Plaintiff appealed the trial court’s judgment denying her expungement petition in part. Plaintiff sought to expunge records related to her charges of careless and imprudent driving, illegal parking, and DWI. […]
Probate-Living Trust-Amendment
Appellant challenged the trial court’s interlocutory judgment, which ruled that appellant’s challenge to the validity of an amendment to a living trust would forfeit appellant’s distribution from the trust. Where […]
Municipal-Ordinance Violations-Sufficiency of Evidence
Defendant appealed the trial court’s judgment that found her guilty of four municipal violations, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting her convictions. Although there was substantial evidence to find […]
Domestic Relations-Order of Protection-Sufficiency of Evidence
Defendant appealed the trial court’s judgment, which granted a full order of protection against him and in favor of plaintiff, defendant’s childhood friend, pursuant to the Adult Abuse Act. Where […]
Criminal Law-Post-Conviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Defendant appealed the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief, which alleged that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request that the self-defense jury instruction include language regarding […]
Criminal Law-Expungement-Trial Court’s Authority
Defendant appealed the trial court’s judgment granting plaintiff’s request to expunge a misdemeanor possession of marijuana conviction pursuant to the Missouri Constitution, arguing that the trial court had no statutory […]
Consumer Law-FDCPA-Enforcement of Settlement Agreement
Plaintiff appealed the grant of defendants’ motion to enforce a settlement of plaintiff’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit, arguing that the trial court erred in finding that plaintiff accepted […]
Torts-Truck Accident-Liability Determination
Plaintiff appealed the adverse judgment entered by the trial court following the jury’s verdict that found neither plaintiff nor defendant at fault for the accident involving the truck driven by defendant’s employee. […]
Domestic Relations-Child Support-Contempt
Defendant appealed the trial court’s judgment and order of contempt finding defendant in contempt for violating a previous order directing defendant to pay plaintiff for college expenses and attorney’s fees. Where the […]
Criminal Law-Post-Conviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Defendant appealed the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief alleging that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a self-defense instruction. Defendant further argued that the trial court erred in […]
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