A Missouri appeals court is considering the case of a St. Louis attorney who unsuccessfully sued Gov. Mike Parson after Parson’s office denied his records requests regarding former Gov. Eric Greitens’ administration. On April 22, Elad Gross argued in part ...

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Time Warner Cable does not have standing to challenge a $350,000 arbitration award stemming from the 2013 explosion at JJ’s Restaurant in Kansas City because it was not aggrieved by the arbitration, a Missouri appeal court has ruled. On April ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled March 24 that a group of plaintiffs can’t appeal the University of Missouri’s dismissal from their suits while related claims remain against other defendants. The plaintiffs were patients who alleged they underwent ...

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It’s a strange time to get a promotion. Gov. Mike Parson on March 28 picked Nodaway County Associate Circuit Judge W. Douglas Thomson as the newest member of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. He succeeds Judge Victor Howard, ...

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A Lee’s Summit woman who sued the City of Raytown for violating the Sunshine Law has nearly doubled her recovery after a judge awarded $41,000 in attorneys’ fees to her for prevailing in an appeal brought by the city. In ...

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Recent Missouri court decisions have not been kind to former felons seeking the restoration of their gun rights. But a recent change to the state’s expungement law appears to have done the trick, but understanding Missouri’s new expungement law is ...

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The fact that a Sedalia man was excluded from his parents’ automobile insurance was not sufficient to establish negligent entrustment in a suit brought against them following a 2014 crash in Ohio, a Missouri appeals court has ruled.

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A Missouri appeals court has affirmed a $2.1 million judgment against Centene Corp. and a subsidiary pharmacy in a case brought by a woman who claims she was fired for refusing to unlawfully submit services for Medicaid reimbursement. A three-judge ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled Feb. 25 that a hospital can’t claim a portion of a settlement that an injured patient received from his own insurer. In 2017, Ozell Lincoln’s truck was struck head-on by another vehicle ...

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An employment case that resulted in a $3.7 million judgment has ended in a settlement before the Missouri Supreme Court could rule on it. Plaintiff Gary Gentry won more than $120,000 in compensatory damages and more than $10 million in ...

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It’s safe to say that the next addition to the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District will be a former trial judge. The Appellate Judicial Commission on Feb. 13 chose Platte County Associate Circuit Judge W. Ann Hansbrough, Jackson County ...

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