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CJA Panel accepting applications for 2022 term
Attorneys can now apply to be appointed contract counsel on criminal cases for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Eastern District tosses ‘judicial exception’ to arbitration
A dispute involving a St. Louis County dental practice will have to be litigated in court after the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District overruled a 37-year-old precedent on the enforceability of arbitration.
Court upholds $2.5M car crash verdict
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District has affirmed a $2.5 million jury verdict for an Arnold man injured in a Jefferson County vehicle crash.
Court slashes talc verdict to $2.1 billion
A Missouri appeals court has nearly slashed in half a $4.69 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a talcum powder lawsuit after ruling a St. Louis judge did not have jurisdiction to hear claims from out-of-state plaintiffs.
Court upholds summary judgment for Ritz-Carlton hotel
A Missouri appeals court has affirmed a ruling throwing out a suit against The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis hotel in Clayton, which alleged the hotel failed to prevent a man from entering the wrong room and getting into bed with a child.
Court: Teacher can’t be sued for failing to report abuse
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled April 21 that a student who allegedly was assaulted by a teacher can’t sue another instructor to whom she’d reported his behavior. The court said that, while the teacher was a mandatory reporter under both state law and St. Louis school regulations, those rules create a duty […]
Court considers $4.69 billion verdict in talcum-powder case
A Missouri appeals court held rare in-person oral arguments Friday in a case that resulted in a $4.69 billion verdict for a group of women who claimed they contracted ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talcum powder. The case was originally set for hearing on April 7, but after most in-person hearings were canceled […]
Court affirms $8.5M verdict against Spire
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District has upheld an $8.5 million jury verdict and granted attorneys’ fees on appeal for a St. Joseph employee of Laclede Gas Co. who accused the company of racial discrimination and retaliation. On April 14, a three-judge panel of the court sided with plaintiff Danielle McGaughy, upholding $1.3 million […]
Eastern District lets asbestos suit proceed
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on March 31 revived an asbestos suit against a boiler manufacturer, saying there was enough circumstantial evidence for the case to proceed to a jury. St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael F. Stelzer had earlier granted summary judgment to Cleaver-Brooks Inc., one of several defendants in a suit brought […]
Court affirms attorney’s involuntary-manslaughter conviction
An appeals panel upheld Scott A. Bailey’s conviction of second-degree involuntary manslaughter.
Court affirms verdict for Mercy Hospital housekeeper
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District has upheld a judgment of more than $376,000 awarded to a Mercy Hospital St. Louis housekeeper in her disability discrimination suit against the hospital. On March 17, a three-judge panel unanimously ruled in favor of Tammie McKinney. McKinney brought her claim of disability discrimination against the hospital in […]
Dealership must possess car for false pretense coverage
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on March 10 upheld a circuit court ruling that an insurance company did not have to cover an auto dealership’s loss from a fraudulent purchase of a vehicle because the dealership did not come into physical or legal possession of the car. The court found that Exotic Motors […]
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- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
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- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
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