Where car buyers, who defaulted on their loans and had their vehicles repossessed, sued a credit company, and the company sought a writ of prohibition barring the trial court from taking any action other than vacating the order granting ...

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A federal judge has denied class certification in a lawsuit that challenged the adequacy of Missouri’s public-defender system. The lawsuit alleged that the Missouri State Public Defender System is too underfunded and overworked to provide to provide indigent defendants with ...

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Plaintiffs filed a putative class action challenging defendant’s practice of withholding labor depreciation from actual cash-value payments under defendant’s replacement-cost homeowner- insurance policies. The district court granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. On appeal, defendant argued that plaintiffs could not ...

Tagged with: class certification Deduction of Labor Depreciation Insurance Replacement Replacement-Cost Homeowner’s Insurance

In re: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (MLW No. 71050/Case No. 16-3185 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

Tagged with: class certification Insurance property damage Replacement Cost

LVNV Funding, LLC v. Mavaega (MLW No. 70977/Case No. WD80294 – 26 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

Tagged with: class certification Consumer Law FDCPA Interest Rate

Lucas Subway Midmo, Inc. v. The Mandatory Poster Agency, Inc. (MLW No. 70456/Case No. WD79834 – 22 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)

Tagged with: class certification Consumer Law MMPA Unauthorized Practice

Sciaroni v. Consumer Plaintiffs (MLW No. 70132/Case No. 15-3909 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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Ebert v. General Mills, Inc. (MLW No. 69200/Case No. 15-1735 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.)

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Mitchael v. Colvin (MLW No. 68673/Case No. 14-3220 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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Elsea v. U.S. Engineering Company (MLW No. 67555/Case No. WD77687 – 24 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)

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Younker v. Investment Realty, Inc. (MLW No. 67454/Case No. SD33179 – 19 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, J.)

Tagged with: class certification Real Property