A recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling says it “defies reason and elevates form over substance” to require orders to be inaccurately labeled as “judgments” just so the parties can file an appeal. The ruling, coupled with another decision from the ...

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The bankruptcy court allowed Lariat’s claim against debtor and rejected debtor’s argument the claim had been paid in full by debtor’s spouse. Where Lariat’s claim against the debtor flowed from a guaranty judgment it previously obtained, which was extinguished by ...

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Phox v. Boes (MLW No. 68819/Case No. WD78242 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.)

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Curtis v. James (MLW No. 67611/Case No. ED101485 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Sullivan, J.)

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State v. Wright (MLW No. 66312/Case No. WD76647 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)

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State v. Lovett (MLW No. 66313/Case No. WD76646 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.)

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Rocking H Trucking v. H.B.I.C. (MLW No. 66314/Case No. WD76470 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)

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A girl who lost an arm in a family boating accident won a $10 million judgment, $1.9 million of which she has recovered from her family members’ insurance companies. Sydney Kendall, then 6, was at the Lake of the Ozarks ...

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Where a wife in a dissolution appealed an order quashing a writ of garnishment against her ex-husband for maintenance, the appeal is dismissed because the order was not designated as a final judgment. Appeal is dismissed. Hamilton v. Hamilton (MLW ...

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