A Troy attorney owes $2,548,354 in damages after a Jackson County jury found her liable for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and battery. On Aug. 7, the jury unanimously found for Timothy Kramer of Blue Springs on his claim ...

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The former St. Louis law firm of Cantor & Burger faces a $1 million judgment in a legal malpractice suit from a former client who alleged that she had to settle a medical malpractice claim for less than it was ...

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State of Missouri ex rel Heartland Title Services, Inc. v. Harrell (MLW No. 69818/Case No. SC95377 – 8 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, J.; all concur)

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The PPW Royalty Trust v. Barton (MLW No. 69556/Case No. 15-1464 – 16 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

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Where plaintiffs who claimed that their attorney negligently advised them regarding their bankruptcy leading to a settlement agreement and the loss of their property ownership, the plaintiffs could have argued a negligence claim in their first malpractice action, so claim ...

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Schaefer v. Putnam (MLW No. 69394/Case No. 15-2333 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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SKMDV Holdings, Inc. v. Green Jacobson, P.C. (MLW No. 69041/Case No. ED102493 – 38 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Richter, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis County, Prebil, J. (Joseph F. Yeckel and Michael Gross for appellant) (A. Elizabeth Blackwell and Jan Paul Miller for respondent).

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Rosemann v. Sigillito (MLW No. 67743/Case No. 14-2089 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

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Taylor v. The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company (MLW No. 67544/Case No. SC94250 – 15 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, C.J.; Breckenridge, Stith, Draper and Teitelman, JJ., and Richardson and Zerr, Sp. JJ., concur. Fischer and Wilson, JJ., not participating)

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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that former lawyer Jim Wirken’s legal malpractice insurance doesn't cover some of the misdeeds that cost him his law license.

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A $40,000 settlement was reached in the case of a Virginia woman who alleged that her Kansas attorney allowed her to sign an agreement which left her unable to pursue additional claims regarding the disposition of her late mother’s estate.

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