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The son of a woman who died after breaking her hip at a nursing home is at the heart of a battle over how much the state constitution protects jury verdicts.

A St. Louis jury returned a defense verdict in a case brought by the daughter of a woman who died less than two weeks after seeking treatment at an emergency room. The plaintiff alleged the woman had a fungal infection and if doctors had admitted her to the hospital, they could’ve prevented its spread before it overwhelmed her system.

It’s already that time of year again. Missouri Lawyers Weekly is starting to research the state’s top verdicts and settlements of 2012. If your firm has had a notable settlement or a successful trial result — plaintiff or defense — we want to hear about it, and the sooner, the better.

Federal prosecutors want disgraced attorney and cleric Martin Sigillito to spend the rest of his life in prison for his orchestration of a $52 million fraud scheme.

A federal judge heard from lawyers and victims Wednesday as part of a sentencing hearing to determine the fate of Martin Sigillito, a St. Louis County attorney and cleric convicted in a $52 million fraud scheme earlier this year. But the final chapter is still unwritten.

A St. Louis County judge has put the brakes on a suit against Monsanto Co. that had been set to begin trial in less than two weeks.

A Clay County jury has returned a $4.1 million verdict against Chad Franklin and his car dealership in a state Merchandising Practices Act case.

A man who sued St. Louis after an off-duty police officer shot him outside a bar in Illinois has agreed to settle his case for about $250,000.

A federal jury in St. Louis today convicted attorney and cleric Martin Sigillito on 20 counts stemming from an alleged $52 million fraud scheme.

Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed St. Louis Circuit Judge Angela T. Quigless to the state Courts of Appeals Eastern District, his office announced Thursday.

A couple who sued, claiming their landlord didn’t tell them that the previous tenant died in the apartment they agreed to rent, won a modest bench verdict in St. Louis County.