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A Kansas City federal judge’s decision to retain jurisdiction over an insurance dispute concerning a massive Kansas redevelopment illustrates just how hard it can be to keep a case out of federal court. Sunflower Redevelopment LLC is seeking to develop ...

The filing period for Missouri candidates ended at 5 p.m. Tuesday, kicking off races for circuit judgeships in several circuits around the state. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, five circuit judge races feature contested primaries: • In the ...

You never know when an investigation into a burglary will turn up a dead body. That was the apparent approach to a Kansas City search warrant that caused the full Missouri Court of Appeals Western District to split on Tuesday. ...

A Platte County judge on Tuesday ordered a bank to pay $850,000 plus costs to a woman who lost her home after a dispute with the bank over outstanding loans on the property. Judge James W. Van Amburg ruled that ...

An appeals court on Tuesday threw out a class action jury verdict against car manufacturer Nissan, saying the plaintiffs’ claims of problems with the cars’ dashboards weren’t actionable under Missouri’s consumer protection laws. The 2014 verdict, which came after a ...

Missouri’s two members of the U.S. Senate had opposite takes on Wednesday to President Barack Obama’s candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court. The president nominated Merrick Garland, currently chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the majority of a lawsuit by a Kansas City man who alleged he was abused by his scoutmaster, saying the statutes of limitations for claims against the scouting organization have expired. The ...

A St. Louis jury on Monday awarded a total of $5.2 million to victims of a tent outside a bar in downtown St. Louis that collapsed in a sudden thunderstorm. The verdict included $2.4 million to the family of a ...

In a rare ruling on comity principles, a federal judge dismissed the police department of Kansas City, Kansas, from a lawsuit by a bouncer who alleges he was shot by an off-duty officer at a club in Missouri. Senior U.S. ...

A prominent Kansas City law firm changed its name on Wednesday and announced it is opening a St. Louis office. Rouse Hendricks German May, a complex litigation defense firm founded in 1992, is now known as German May. Previous name ...

A split Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday that a judge should have suppressed a juvenile’s admission of the location of a gun because police had failed to inform him of his rights under the state Juvenile Code before questioning. A ...