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Bellington affiliate faces more suits

Distressed property company Bellington Realty’s largest affiliate is once again the target of litigation in St. Louis County Circuit Court. Eighteen Investments has been named as a defendant in two lawsuits and has had a more than half-million dollar judgment entered against it in a suit filed in 2010.

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Combat vets claim tuition caps not applied

Some combat veterans haven’t been receiving a discount on college tuition required under state law, alleges a lawsuit filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court last week. Under the Missouri Returning Heroes’ Education Act, state-funded colleges and universities must cap ...

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Suit over Ritz-Carlton performance dismissed

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. and an affiliate of Maritz, Wolff & Co. in Clayton have dismissed a lawsuit involving the alleged underperformance of the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis (pictured here).

As first reported by Missouri Lawyers Media, parent company Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. sued the Maritz Wolff affiliate in October, claiming it was trying to cancel the Carondelet Plaza hotel’s 65-year operating agreement 43 years early because of underperformance.

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Northeast gets control back

After denying a plaintiff attorney’s request for nearly $14,500 in attorney’s fees, St. Louis County Circuit Judge John Ross lifted an injunction and a restraining order on Monday in a case involving the troubled Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District.

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Judge awards $30 million in Tolen sexual abuse case

Two men who were molested as boys by former assistant U.S. Attorney Eric T. Tolen (pictured left) have received a more than $30 million judgment following a St. Louis County Circuit Court bench trial. Tolen was convicted in September 2008 on multiple statutory sodomy counts of five minor boys, including the plaintiffs, “C.W.” and “J.B.” Tolen was sentenced to 65 years in prison.

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