A split panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a hospital can still charge a fee to a lawyer seeking medical records even though its search came up empty. The ruling could give ammunition to the ...

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A split panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled March 17 that an insurer must defend Lincoln County from a lawsuit brought by former murder suspect Russ Faria. The case stems from the Dec. 27, 2011, stabbing ...

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A Springfield company accused of conspiring to create a national advertising campaign to sell a knock-off cat toy has lost its appeal to reopen the lawsuit against it so it can seek attorneys’ fees. A three-judge panel of the 8th ...

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A recent ruling could clear the way for more suits under Missouri’s equitable garnishment statute to be litigated in federal court.

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a federal court ruling that had limited cash bail practices in the city of St. Louis. The Feb. 28 ruling doesn’t end the underlying class-action constitutional challenge, but it vacated ...

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A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that Dollar General engaged in an unfair labor practice by refusing to recognize a union formed by six employees of its Auxvasse store. In a Feb. 13 ruling, the 8th U.S. Circuit ...

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A federal appeals court has upheld a $3.175 million class-action settlement for Edward Jones employees who said the company violated its fiduciary duties to them in its handling of the company’s profit sharing and 401(k) plan. In an unsigned opinion ...

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Eight years ago, Henry Hamilton got into an altercation with an apartment manager in the small Missouri town of Hayti. The manager’s boyfriend arrested him. The manager’s mother set a cash bond he couldn’t pay. And the town judge failed ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court ended 2019 a bit more productive, slightly less divided and a little quicker than in the previous year. The court issued 33 written opinions in the latter half of 2019, bringing the year’s total to 75. ...

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If the winners of a recent federal appellate case decide their victory calls for a drink, they’ll be able to get a lot more information before they head out on the town. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on ...

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A federal appeals court has upheld the award of $2.39 million in attorneys’ fees in a long-running class-action suit against Bass Pro Outdoor World and its subsidiaries. On Dec. 4, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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