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Where Kansas businesses, which were sued in Missouri by a man who was injured when he was electrocuted while working at an apartment complex in Kansas, sought a permanent writ of prohibition to prevent the trial court from exercising jurisdiction ...

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(1)Where a defendant in a first-degree murder case challenged his death sentence, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by sustaining the state’s motion to strike a prospective juror for cause because the juror’s ambiguous statements created uncertainty about ...

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Where a defendant who was convicted of first-degree assault and armed criminal action argued that the trial court erred in failing to submit a self-defense instruction, the judgment is reversed and remanded because substantial evidence supported the instruction even though ...

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Where a defendant, who pleaded guilty to charges including one count of first-degree murder, moved for post-conviction relief arguing that his counsel was ineffective and thus his plea was not knowing or voluntary, the judgment is affirmed because the defendant ...

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Where a mother, who was minimally involved in her son’s childhood and life, challenged the distribution of a majority of the proceeds from her son’s wrongful-death settlement to the father, the mother did not show that the trial court abused ...

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Where the owner of an aircraft challenged a decision of the AHC that assessed use tax, additions to tax and interest against the owner resulting from the aircraft purchase, the judgment is reversed and remanded because the company qualified for ...

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Where the Missouri Coalition for the Environment and one of its members challenged the constitutional validity of a bill that would change the composition of the state’s clean water commission, the trial court properly dismissed the petition because the coalition ...

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Where a claimant argued that he was entitled to permanent total disability or permanent partial disability from the Second Injury Fund, the judgment is affirmed because the commission did not err in concluding that he was not entitled to benefits ...

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Where petitioner sought the dismissal of claims against him for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress, the assault and battery claims were time barred, but the emotional distress claims properly alleged claims independent ...

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Where an insurer challenged the denial of its motion to set aside judgments in a dispute over an agreement to limit damages in a personal injury lawsuit to the amount of insurance coverage, the judgment is affirmed because the parties ...

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Where a university sought a writ mandating venue from St. Louis County to Boone County, the case involved the administration of trust funds that could be registered in Boone County, so that was the proper venue, and the preliminary writ ...

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