Where a defendant challenged an adverse verdict in her pro se civil action, the challenge to the rulings regarding a surveillance video tape produced during pretrial discovery was meritless, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. Delima v. Walmart ...

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Where appellant, who had submitted a Sunshine Law request to a city for documents connected with allegations of criminal conduct by a police officer, challenged the denial of his request to view an unredacted copy of the relevant report, the ...

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Where appellant brought claims against a nonprofit corporation and requested records in part to determine whether the corporation violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, the trial court did not err in dismissing the appellant’s amended petition because he failed to ...

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Where appellant challenged the dismissal of her employment-discrimination action as a sanction for failing to comply with discovery orders, the judgment is affirmed because there was no basis for reversal. Judgment is affirmed. McGuire v. St. Louis County (MLW No. ...

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Where an inmate challenged the dismissal of his failure-to-protect claim, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend the complaint because the proposed amendments added new defendants and claims, and the judgment is affirmed because ...

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Where a plaintiff in an excessive force case challenged the district court’s limitations on discovery and the grant of summary judgment to the police officer defendants, the judgment was affirmed because the denial of the plaintiff’s discovery requests was not ...

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Is it ethical to advise a client to delete her Facebook posts if they’re damaging to her lawsuit? Can you, the attorney, attempt to “friend” (or join the private network of) the party she’s suing in order to dig up information? If not, could you ask your secretary to do it?

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Johnson v. Moody (MLW No. 72106/Case No. 17-2434 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

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Williams v. Wells Fargo Bank (MLW No. 72082/Case No. 16-4372 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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State ex rel. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company v. Wagner (MLW No. 71808/Case No. WD81541 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.)

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Adam Derby (MLW No. 71780/Case No. WD80594 – 25 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ardini Jr., J.)

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