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Bayer’s $7.25B proposed Roundup settlement faces first signs of pushback in court
Law firms representing nearly 20,000 people who sued Bayer over alleged injuries from its Roundup weedkiller urged a Missouri judge to delay reviewing the company’s proposed nationwide settlement, arguing that rushing would violate the rights of cancer patients and their families.
Grow facility liable after contractor injured by marijuana dust
A St. Louis jury awarded $2.55M in damages to a contractor and his wife after marijuana dust exposure at a grow facility caused pulmonary distress and a heart attack.
Family obtains $750,000 settlement in wrongful death suit against nursing facility
A 64-year-old man died in the care of a nursing facility after a wound on his foot became infected. His brother has obtained a $750,000 confidential settlement after suing the facility for his wrongful death.
St. Louis County needs 40 clerks; city has too many
Clerks in the St. Louis County Circuit Court are overworked, and they have the data to prove it.
Suit over pothole results in settlement
A St. Louis personal injury case involving a pothole, a church, a private school and plat maps dating to the 1800s settled at mediation for $380,000.
Judge Sanders remembered as great judge, great man
Judge James Sanders felt as comfortable behind the wheel of a golf cart as he did behind the bench. His infectious smile and sparkling wit charmed everyone he met. His […]
Lawsuit filed in towing scandal
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and a local towing company conspired to steal a 2005 TrailBlazer that had been stolen from a St. Louis woman, the woman and her […]
Up & Coming Lawyers: Tom Rottinghaus, 35
* Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, shareholder * University of Kansas * Health and Professional Liability Upon graduation from law school in 1998, Tom Rottinghaus elected to practice health and professional […]
$90,000 awarded for injuries from falling tree limb
A boy who sued St. Louis after a tree limb fell on him won $90,000 from a city jury. According to the family’s attorney, Robert Taylor, then 11, was playing […]
Brown & James dominates
St. Louis-based Brown & James wielded considerable weight in the ranking of top defense verdicts. The defense firm reeled in the most defense verdicts this year at 11 defense wins, […]
Plaintiffs’ verdicts ramp up outstate
Unlike previous years, verdicts from St. Louis County and outstate Missouri dominated the list of top plaintiffs’ verdicts from 2008. Only three cases tried in St. Louis City Circuit Court […]
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