The Court of Appeals Western District ruled Nov. 12 that a man who was convicted of a misdemeanor but had the conviction expunged also can expunge the record of a later false arrest. The petitioner, identified in the opinion only ...

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Two months after a jury acquitted a Columbia man of burning down his neighbor’s home, the Court of Appeals Western District has affirmed a $2.75 million verdict against him in a related civil suit. In a lawsuit filed in 2015, ...

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A woman who was treated for exposure to ant spray in the workplace, then hurt her knee at the doctor’s office while being treated, qualifies for permanent total disability, the Court of Appeals Western District ruled. In May 2009, Mid-Missouri ...

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The Court of Appeals Western District ruled that a judge correctly affirmed a $35 million arbitration award for a man injured in a motorcycle accident, despite claims that the insurer should have been allowed to take part in the case. ...

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A plaintiff whose discrimination claim has been sent to arbitration no longer owes court costs to the defendants, following a ruling from the Court of Appeals Western District. Hal Miller filed a lawsuit in 2018 claiming disability discrimination and harassment, ...

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The Court of Appeals Western District affirmed a hefty jury verdict in favor of a black Kansas City firefighter who was passed over for promotion. A Jackson County jury awarded Tarshish Jones $356,700 in 2017 in his lawsuit against the ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Sept. 4 upheld a jury award of $3.8 million to a couple in Holt County whose farm was ravaged by floodwater after a railroad embankment collapsed. Thomas and Dana Tubbs had sued ...

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