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Campbell v. Director (MLW No. 59901/Case No. WD70266 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) Where a driver lost his driving privileges for 10 years due to having more than two convictions for DWI offenses, the ...

Tagged with: DWI license revocation

State v. Durham (MLW No. 59904/Case No. WD70075/WD70076 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) Where a defendant forced two of his children to have sexual intercourse with each other, the defendant could be held liable ...

Tagged with: Batson challenge

Duley v. State (MLW No. 59905/Case No. WD69962 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Where the state in a second-degree murder case failed to disclose a police investigative report that included exculpatory evidence, the evidence ...

Tagged with: Brady violation evidence

Ladd v. Board of Probation and Parole (MLW No. 59902/Case No. WD70248 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.) (1)Where a criminal defendant challenged an adverse parole decision of the Board of Probation and Parole, a ...

M’Shoogy Animal Rescue v. Christmas (Case No. WD69830 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.) Where a charity claimed an ad valorem tax exemption based on the use of its property to rescue and treat injured ...

Tagged with: charity Taxation

A treating physician could testify as a defense expert following ex parte contact with defense attorneys in a medical malpractice action because there was no showing that the doctor disclosed any “protected health information” to the defendants, according to the ...

Tagged with: ex parte Missouri Court of Appeals Western District

Beaty v. St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City et al. (MLW No. 59863/Case No. WD69441 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) (1) Even though a doctor, who was the treating physician for a plaintiff in ...

Tagged with: expert witness medical malpractice

State v. Smothers (MLW No. 59862/Case No. WD70361 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) (1) Where a trial court granted a criminal defendant’s motion to dismiss a forgery case “without prejudice” based on its finding ...

Tagged with: Drug Test forgery

Roller v. Steelman (MLW No. 59851/Case No. WD69720 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Smart Jr., J.) Where a trial court allowed a woman to continue receiving from the Second Injury Fund the permanent partial disability benefits ...

Tagged with: Attorney's fees PPD

Anderson v. Veracity Research Co. (MLW No. 59845/Case No. WD70452 – 22 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Smart Jr., J.) (1)Where the family of an employee killed in a one-car accident sought workers’ compensation benefits, the employer’s untimely ...

Tagged with: Death Benefits

Hardt v. Vitae Foundation, Inc. (MLW No. 59844/Case No. WD70525 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) Where plaintiffs who made charitable gifts to a pro-life organization as executors of an estate  brought an action for ...

Tagged with: Enforcement Standing