Where a defendant in a rape and sodomy case argued that the trial court erred in accepting the guilty verdicts because a juror during polling replied “I did agree” as her response during polling, which the defendant argued meant ...

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  The Eastern District Court of Appeals on Feb. 26 upheld a $9.5 million verdict for a former dancer who sued a Cape Girardeau doctor and his practice group after a hip surgery left him disabled. A three judge panel ...

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A record-breaking $95 million sexual harassment verdict could make employment plaintiffs’ attorneys rethink what claims they bring and provide an object lesson for employers.

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An accounting firm, which sued four former employees accused of walking out with 124 clients, may keep a $1,369,921 award, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. The decision fine-tunes what can be considered as adequate consideration for ...

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What a Kansas City law firm is calling the largest single personal-injury verdict involving a single claim in Kansas’ history has been upheld on appeal. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver last week affirmed an award to ...

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A federal jury has awarded a former St. Louis resident $140,000 in a breach of contract suit against Allstate. Reginald Bailey and his wife, Roxanna Bailey, sued Allstate for denying their homeowners’ insurance claim after their north St. Louis house ...

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A persistent lawsuit against a cigarette maker that was thought to have ended this year after facing two juries and a lengthy appeals process could cough up another run at the Missouri court system. A Christmas week judge’s ruling has ...

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A federal jury awarded a man $160,000 for his breach of contract claim against his former attorney. But the jury sided with the attorney on two of his counterclaims. Tracy Tockstein, a contractor, sued attorney Steven Spoeneman, of Spoeneman, Watkins, ...

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A federal jury awarded a man $160,000 for his breach of contract claim against his former attorney. But the jury sided with the attorney on two of his counterclaims. Tracy Tockstein, a contractor, sued attorney Steven Spoeneman, of Spoeneman, Watkins, ...

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A jury has returned a whopping $89 million verdict in a civil case against a drunken driver. The jury in Franklin County, just southwest of St. Louis, found for a woman who was a passenger in a vehicle struck by ...

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A federal jury awarded $100,000 to a plastic surgery patient whose naked photos were published in a Riverfront Times article about the doctors at a surgery center. The woman, identified only as “Jane Doe” from Georgia, expected her medical files ...

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