The Missouri Supreme Court has been asked to review a disciplinary case against a Kansas City-area doctor who says the procedure used to suspend his license was unconstitutional.

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The Court of Appeals Western District ruled that the state of Missouri is liable for a $4 million judgment against a St. Louis teacher who molested a student.

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A state appeals court says it’s up to the high court to decide if a doughnut shop in St. Louis can suffer a tax penalty for failing to keep adequate financial records.

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The court said it couldn’t second-guess a Columbia city manager’s decision to fire a police officer who severely injured a man in detention.

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The Jackson County Public Defender’s Office told the Court of Appeals Western District that a 2019 ruling denying caseload relief for the office should be overturned because the judge relied on insufficient evidence.

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The court that a man injured at a Kansas City-area business can’t recover a $3M arbitration award from an insurer for the business’ security provider.

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A Missouri appeals court has revived a lawsuit against a school district and a company that employs substitute teachers in which a fifth-grader accused a substitute of calling him a racial epithet.

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The Court of Appeals Western District on Dec. 10 affirmed a $5.35 million judgment for a man wrongfully convicted of killing a newspaper editor in Columbia. Ryan Ferguson spent a decade in prison for the 2001 murder of Columbia Daily ...

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The Court of Appeals Western District agreed on Dec. 5 that the Clay County Commission must restore nearly $1 million in funding it had removed from the county sheriff’s budget. The appeals court said the cuts, which left Sheriff Paul ...

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The Court of Appeals Western District on Nov. 26 upheld a $280,000 judgment for a woman injured at a horse racetrack, despite a statutory immunity provision aimed at equine activities. Heather Rosales was injured at the Benjamin Equestrian Center in ...

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Nearly four years after it was filed, a challenge to a sales tax election in the city of Columbia is about to begin. The Court of Appeals Western District ruled Nov. 26 that a Boone County circuit judge has authority ...

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