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Tom’s Agspray v. Cole (MLW No. 60490/Case No. WD71477 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Newton, C.J.) Where a seed business sued defendant for failing to pay for all of the expenses incurred in seeding the defendant’s ...
Read More »Civil Practice: Directed Verdict – Affirmative Defenses – Statute Of Limitations
Pitman v. City of Columbia (MLW No. 60492/Case No. WD71112 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.) Where a retired detective sued his city employer for reimbursement of contributions to the police retirement plan, the trial ...
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Read More »Appellate Practice: Jurisdiction – Final Order – Pro Se Appeal
Jones v. State (MLW No. 60496/Case No. WD70785 – 2 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) Where a trial court had not entered a final order or judgment on a criminal defendant’s pro se motion for post-conviction ...
Read More »Administrative: Licensing – New Statute – Murder Conviction
Missouri Real Estate Commission v. Rayford (MLW No. 60497/Case No. WD70723 – 22 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Where a man who was convicted of second-degree murder in 1970 earned a real estate license in 2004, ...
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Read More »Civil Practice: Sunshine Law – Declaratory Relief – Unclean Hands
Purcell v. Cape Girardeau County Commission (MLW No. 60467/Case No. SC90383 – 7 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; all concur) Where a county commissioner sought a declaration that he and his fellow commissioners violated the Sunshine Law by ...
Read More »Workers’ Compensation: Independent Medical Examination – ALJ’s Authority – Eye Injury
State ex rel. Taylor, et al. v. Meiners (MLW No. 60465/Case No. WD71129 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, P.J.) Even though a worker’s employer admitted the nature and extent of a disability to the worker’s ...
Read More »Public Utilities: Gas Pipelines – Penalties – FERC Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Public Service Commission v. Missouri Gas Company, LLC, et al. (MLW No. 60463/Case No. WD71228 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) Where the Public Service Commission claimed that several pipeline companies owed ...
Read More »Domestic Relations: Child Support – College Costs – Attorney’s Fees
Emmons v. Emmons (MLW No. 60464/Case No. WD71137 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) (1)Where a father appealed various findings made by a trial court in a contempt judgment, a civil contempt order is not ...
Read More »Administrative: Construction Permit – Mootness – Hog Farm Dispute
State ex rel. Missouri Parks Association, et al. v. Department of Natural Resources, et al. (MLW No. 60466/Case No. WD70564 – 26 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Where a trial court entered summary judgment in favor ...
Read More »Suit over Ward Parkway shootings can proceed
A Kansas gun shop can be sued in Missouri for allegedly selling gun parts used in a deadly rampage, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Read More »Civil Practice: Personal Jurisdiction – Long-Arm Statute- Neighboring-State Defendant
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