A state House committee endorsed legislation yesterday to change Missouri’s system for selecting appellate and metropolitan area trial judges.
Read More »Criminal trial against disgraced lawyer begins
Jury selection in the criminal trial of a lawyer and investor charged with running a $52 million investment scheme got under way today in St. Louis federal court.
Read More »Missouri Supreme Court: Class arbitration waiver unfair
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a lender requiring borrowers to waive class action arbitration is unfair, even in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Read More »Jury returns defense verdict for Ford in retrial
After a month-long trial, a jury in Kansas City returned a defense verdict yesterday for Ford Motor Co. in a retrial over a fiery crash that killed a state trooper.
Read More »Bus company pays $5M to settle suit after St. Joseph teen struck, killed
Bridgett Blasi sued First Student Inc. after a school bus in November 2010 struck and killed her 16-year-old son, Mason Adams, in St. Joseph.
Read More »Supreme Court upholds judgment against former Kansas City car dealer
The state Supreme Court today upheld a lower court’s judgment in a plaintiff’s jury verdict against a Chad Franklin car dealership.
Read More »Court tosses $17 million defense win involving slip-and-fall at St. Luke’s Hospital
A state appeals court has undone the top defense verdict of 2010. The state Court of Appeals Eastern District last week ordered a new trial in the case of Dr. J. Alexander Marchosky v. St. Luke’s Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals.
Read More »Missouri ruling in Ford case involving overweight driver called a top decision of 2011
In Moore v. Ford Motor Corp., the Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling in a product liability case and clarified a conflict in the law on what plaintiffs must do to pursue failure to warn claims.
Read More »Court to horse dentist: You must be licensed to get paid
A state judge ruled that a woman who cares for horses’ teeth isn’t allowed to charge for her work because she lacks a veterinary license. But the woman’s lawyer says he will appeal the judgment.
Read More »Courtside: A primer on how we report verdicts and settlements
Missouri Lawyers Weekly strives to make the Verdicts & Settlements section as comprehensive as possible, reporting on cases from all corners of the state.
Read More »Family wins $7M in federal crash trial
A Missouri family won a $7 million verdict from a federal jury over a tractor-trailer crash that killed a man.
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