tort reform

Feb 11, 2026

From tort reform to AI oversight, Missouri lawmakers weigh changes affecting attorneys

Missouri lawmakers debate tort reform, fiduciary law updates and AI oversight proposals that could significantly affect attorneys statewide.

Mar 13, 2025

Legal expertise influences policy making in Missouri Legislature

Missouri lawmakers have introduced several bills this session that could reshape the state’s legal landscape, with lawyers serving in the legislature playing a role in drafting and advocating for some of the proposals.

Dec 14, 2022

‘Hellholes’ list knocks St. Louis – both city and county

Normally, it’s large plaintiffs’ verdicts that put St. Louis in the crosshairs of the American Tort Reform Association. This year, the group found fault with a series of defense wins — including those not tried in the city of St. Louis at all.

May 13, 2022

Tort reform takes a year off in 2022 session

It’s a stark contrast to previous sessions, where the Republican-led legislature has sent a continuous stream of tort bills to a Republican governor’s desk.

May 1, 2020

Some tort measures remain alive in Missouri Legislature

Several proposed changes to Missouri tort laws remain in play in the final weeks of the truncated 2020 session.

Mar 16, 2020

Missouri House approves statute of repose bill

The bill, which needs another vote before it moves to the Senate, would set a statute of repose in products-liability cases.

Mar 11, 2020

Negligence: Medical Malpractice-Expert Witness-Tort Reform

Where a plaintiff challenged a judgment following a jury verdict for the defendant doctor in her medical malpractice case, the trial court did not err in admitting medical expert testimony […]

Mar 11, 2020

Expert’s past tort advocacy merits new medical malpractice trial

An appeals court ordered a new trial, saying the plaintiff should have been allowed to ask a defense expert about his advocacy for tort reform.

Jan 20, 2020

Parson calls for tort reform discussion, doesn’t elaborate

Gov. Mike Parson devoted just a single line in his State of the State address to changing Missouri’s tort laws. “We must have a real discussion about tort reform in […]

Jan 10, 2020

Lawmakers’ 2020 tort priorities draw on past sessions’ work

As lawmakers returned to Jefferson City on Jan. 8, the Republican majority appeared ready to pick up where last year’s efforts to change the state’s tort laws left off. Among […]

May 6, 2019

Venue bill clears legislature

Fulfilling one of Republican lawmakers’ major goals for tort law this year, the Missouri House gave final approval to a bill that overhauls the state’s venue and joinder laws. The […]

Feb 27, 2019

Senate revises venue bill in shadow of court ruling

The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to a bill that would alter Missouri’s venue and joinder laws — in a way far different from what lawmakers had envisioned just two weeks ago.