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Clerks in the St. Louis County Circuit Court are overworked, and they have the data to prove it.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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 sharp legal mind and professional demeanor went to the heart ...
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Read More »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 son allege in a lawsuit filed Monday in the St. ...
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Read More »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 liability law because the specialty offered a singular appeal: the ...
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Read More »$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 outside near his home on a hot but calm July ...
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Read More »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, and Brown & James principal Russell F. Watters topped the ...
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Read More »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 appear on this year’s top 20; six verdicts from that ...
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