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For the second time this year, the Missouri Supreme Court is considering the circumstances under which a worker can claim to be permanently totally disabled.
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Imbalance in med mal caps up for review
Just as a years-long fight over damage caps in medical negligence cases has drawn to a close, a pending Missouri Supreme Court case could stir things up again.
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Read More »Court orders arbitration in case against Rams
In a splintered decision rendered almost a year after oral arguments, the Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday that a man alleging age discrimination by the St. Louis Rams must take his claims to an arbitrator, not a judge. However, the ...
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Read More »Supreme Court throws out interest on 2011 verdict
A group of rural neighbors won a $1.95 million jury verdict against a hog farm in 2011, but things have gone downhill since then.
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Read More »Court says unarmed bank heist qualifies as robbery
The Missouri Supreme Court said Wednesday that an unarmed man who stole money from a bank without directly threatening the use of force is nonetheless guilty of second-degree robbery.
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Read More »Court tosses county’s foreclosure mediation ordinance
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday said a St. Louis County foreclosure mediation ordinance, which lawmakers overrode in 2013, was never valid to begin with.
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Read More »Courts ponder if bank robbers can be non-threatening
Missouri courts are considering whether "robbing" and "stealing" best applies to two men convicted of bank heists.
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Read More »Time limit for wrongful-death cases debated before high court
The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments in conflicting cases on whether victims of a “fraudulently concealed” death can file a wrongful-death lawsuit after the three-year statute of limitations has expired.
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Read More »Following recent ruling on damage caps, there’s no going back
A recent case on punitive damage caps could have been a vehicle for the Missouri Supreme Court to revisit its earlier, contentious ruling on medical malpractice damages — if only anyone on the court had wanted to.
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Read More »Court makes damage caps the exception, not the rule
The Missouri Supreme Court has restored a $1 million punitive damages award against a former Kansas City car dealer, ruling that a state law capping the amount couldn’t be applied constitutionally. (Updated)
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Read More »Farm amendment raised in hog farm case
The potential impact of Missouri’s new “right to farm” constitutional amendment was on the minds of the Missouri Supreme Court’s judges on Tuesday, even if it doesn’t necessarily figure into the case before them.
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