U.S. construction spending rose 0.6 percent in September to the highest level since March 2008, pushed up by a surge in apartment building. The Commerce Department said Monday that spending on construction rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of ...
Read More »Missouri judges get raise despite lack of lawmaker approval
Missouri judges got a pay increase this year even though lawmakers didn’t set money aside for the raises. Supreme Court, court of appeals, circuit and associate circuit judges are getting paid about 1 percent more than last fiscal year. Court ...
Read More »Court denies man’s attempt to charge Wilson with assault
The Missouri Court of Appeals dismissed an affidavit from a man seeking assault charges to be brought against former Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in regards to the Michael Brown shooting incident. Cleve Molette filed the affidavit for criminal complaint ...
Read More »Appeals court upholds $20.5M verdict in Jack in the Box beating
An appeals court upheld a $20.5 million award to a man who suffered a brain injury after being beaten by a group of people in the parking lot of a south St. Louis Jack in the Box. Generally, business owners ...
Read More »SBA opens local centers for disaster loan applicants
The Small Business Administration says business owners affected by the summer’s severe storms and flooding will have access to low-interest federal disaster loans through. Through Thursday, Sept. 10, SBA representatives will be available to meet with and answer questions for ...
Read More »Court finds probable cause, despite officer’s doubts
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck a serious blow to a Jefferson County man’s civil rights lawsuit against the local sheriff’s department. Thomas Bowden alleged that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated in 2009, when he was arrested after ...
Read More »Appeals court upholds judgment despite juror Google search
A Missouri appeals court upheld a $3 million judgment for a former police officer in a discrimination case despite a juror’s Google search on punitive damages during deliberations.
Tagged with: Kevin Hink Patricia Cohen Robert M. Clayton III Roy Richter St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Tanisha Ross-Paige
Read More »St. Louis County Courts main entrance to move
The St. Louis County Courts Building main entrance will move to 105 S. Central Ave. effective June 15, the court announced Wednesday.
Tagged with: St. Louis County Circuit Court St. Louis County Courts Building
Read More »Judge favors widow in dispute over real estate magnate’s will
A St. Louis County judge upheld a version of real estate magnate Robert Kaplan’s trust that left tens of millions of dollars in assets to his widow.
Tagged with: Bob Blitz Carolyn Whittington Christine Murray-Kaplan Christopher Bauman Robert Kaplan
Read More »St. Louis County jury awards woman $77M against Wells Fargo over handling of trust
Jurors awarded a St. Louis County woman $77 million against Wells Fargo in a lawsuit over the bank’s predecessors’ handling of a family trust. St. Louis County Circuit Judge Carolyn Whittington will decide damages in the lawsuit over a prominent ...
Tagged with: Barbara Morriss Carolyn Whittington Wells Fargo
Read More »Federal judge says state court should handle Darren Wilson grand juror case
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit of a grand juror who wants to speak about the Darren Wilson case, saying it would be better for a state court to handle it.
Tagged with: ACLU of Missouri Robert McCulloch Rodney Sippel Tony Rothert
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