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Cannabis verdict puts focus on workplace safety
A St. Louis cannabis dust verdict highlights workplace safety risks, OSHA duties and respiratory hazards facing Missouri marijuana businesses.
Railroad cancer death verdict nets $21.8M under FELA
A plaintiff’s attorney representing the widow of a railroad worker who died after a 38-year career with Norfolk Southern obtained a seven-figure verdict in a FELA action saying his death was partially caused by the company.
State Supreme Court weighs questions in railroad worker’s lawsuit
Did a circuit court err in its jury instructions and in denying the defendant a contributory negligence defense in the case of a worker suing a railroad company after his legs were amputated in an accident? The state’s highest court is set to decide.
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