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A man is suing a St. Louis-area hospital after he developed a rare disorder when he was injected with contrast dyes for MRIs and MRAs. Robert F. Silver alleges in his lawsuit filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court that ...

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Attorney Frank J. Schmidt is suing his former Yost, Yost & Schmidt law partner, Casper Scott Yost, after he says Yost refused to pay for his half of the law firm’s expenses when it dissolved. Schmidt alleges in his petition, ...

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A Samoan government official arrested and charged for falsely representing himself as a U.S. citizen is suing various government agents involved in the alleged unlawful detention. On Sept. 9, 2008, Hans Joachim Keil was detained in Branson after he was ...

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A St. Louis judge has approved a $65 million class action settlement between AT&T and municipalities throughout the state. St. Louis Circuit Judge Edward Sweeney approved the settlement Monday, and he affirmed the $16.25 million awarded to class counsel in ...

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Lawyers in the Western District have selected Kansas City attorney J.R. Hobbs (pictured) for a position on the Appellate Judicial Commission. In results finalized Saturday, the St. Louis and Jackson County circuit courts also announced new attorney members. Steven L. Groves will join the commission for 22nd Circuit. Scott Bethune was elected to the judicial commission that selects nominees for vacancies in the 16th Circuit. Meanwhile, attorneys Richard Wuestling IV and Matthew Rossiter will be facing off in a runoff election for a position on the St. Louis County Circuit Judicial Commission.

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The family of a woman who allegedly died due to carbon monoxide poisoning has settled with the apartment complex they maintained caused the leak. Defense attorney Jon R. Sanner, of Brinker & Doyen, confirmed that the parties had settled confidentially ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in two cases concerning the standard plaintiffs have to prove in wrongful termination claims involving violations of public policy. The issue before the court is whether exclusive causation needs to be the ...

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The family of a woman who died after a bout of pneumonia says the woman wouldn’t have contracted the illness if the furnace in the apartment she shared with her husband hadn’t been leaking carbon monoxide. But the owners of ...

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A St. Louis judge has denied six University City residents’ motion to intervene in a class action lawsuit against AT&T. The residents are objecting to the $16.25 million being awarded to the attorneys in the lawsuit as part of a ...

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The Sevens Building, home to more than a dozen St. Louis law firms, was evacuated Friday morning after a fire broke out in the building at 7777 Bonhomme Ave. in downtown Clayton. The building was closed the remainder of Friday, and it was not known as of press time on Friday when it will reopen.

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The Missouri Attorney General's Office has collected a recording-setting $77 million this year for Medicaid fraud. But Attorney General Chris Koster said he isn't so sure his office would be able to maintain those high amounts of recovery.

"If the pharmaceutical companies change their practices, then we'll have to go back to finding fraud the hard way," he said. "I love seeing the big collection numbers, but I'm not so sure that it will always be this way."

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