Russell K. Scott, an officer and leader in Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale’s office in Belleville, Illinois, has received the 2018 Medal of Merit Award from the Illinois State Bar Association. The ISBA honored Scott at its 142nd annual meeting on ...

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After examining one of the Missouri Supreme Court’s most confusing recent precedents, the Court of Appeals Western District has resurrected a series of lawsuits involving suspicious deaths at a northern Missouri hospital. The families of five people who died at ...

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In 1993, Dwight Laughlin broke in to the post office in the Newton County town of Neosho. He entered the building through a window after an unsuccessful attempt to break open a door with a combination lock, and he was ...

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Duncan v. Dempsey (MLW No. 71590/Case No. ED105962 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.)

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The Camden County Prosecuting Attorney’s office has dismissed a case against a Troy attorney who was charged with attacking her former client at a New Year’s Eve party in 2016 at the Lake of the Ozarks.

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Tuesday said a lawyer could not be sued by criminal defendants for his handling of a civil case they allege led to their federal charges. The ruling also cleared the lawyer’s firm ...

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Juan v. Growe (MLW No. 71541/Case No. ED105752 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

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Fuller v. Partee (MLW No. 71438/Case No. WD80493 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)

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Fuller v. Partee (MLW No. 71438/Case No. WD80493 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)

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A convicted murderer may bring a lawsuit against his attorney for breach of contract, according to a new Western District Court of Appeals ruling that appears to forge new ground in Missouri.

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