Where the driver of a school bus, who was injured in an accident with a Bi-State bus, challenged the remittitur of her personal-injury award from $1.8 million to $420,606, the judgment is reversed and remanded because a statute mandating that ...

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Wright v. Byron Financial, LLC (MLW No. 71218/Case No. 16-3465 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Arnold, J.)

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Newsome v. Kansas City Missouri School District (MLW No. 70555/Case No. SC95538 – 16 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Stith, Draper, Wilson and Russell, JJ., concur. Powell, J., not participating)

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Nassar v. Jackson (MLW No. 67494/Case No. 13-1953 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.)

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Davies v. Estate of Keith Broege (MLW No. 65638/Case No. SD32378 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Scott, J.)

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Goudeaux v. Board of Police Commissioners (MLW No. 65489/Case No. WD75770 – 23 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

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Ondrisek v. Hoffman (MLW No. 64082/Case No. 11-3003 – 17 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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Ondrisek v. Hoffman (MLW No. 64082/Case No. 11-3003 – 17 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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Hill v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 63609/Case No. ED96027/ED96174 – 24 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Crane, P.J.)

Tagged with: Employer – Employee hostile environment KCrane Punitive Damages Remittitur

Evans v. Firstfleet, Inc. (MLW No. 62389/Case No. SD30624 – 20 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, J.)

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A personal-injury plaintiff, whose jury verdict was reduced from $400,000 to $100,000 by the trial court, won reinstatement of the original amount from the Missouri Court of Appeals. The en banc decision prompted disagreement within the court’s Western District over ...

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