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How have the insurance and surety markets that provide services and products to the construction industry evolved in the last decade and where are they headed? What insurance coverage issues should sureties address when their principals default under a bonded ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District has ruled a couple who lost their child due to alleged legal malpractice in an adoption case has a right to try their case in court. In Chandrika C. Collins and ...

A St. Paul, Minn., police officer who shot at two men wrestling over a gun, killing the intended victim and wounding the gunman, is not protected by qualified immunity from the federal or state law claims of the decedent’s family. ...

Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronnie L. White delivered the following State of the Judiciary address on Wednesday during a joint session of the General Assembly in Jefferson City, Mo.: “When I first walked into this building 16 years ago, ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District will convene court at the Lafayette County Courthouse in Lexington, Missouri on Wednesday, January 26, 2005. A three-judge panel consisting of Judge Patricia Breckenridge, Judge Harold Lowenstein and Judge Lisa White Hardwick, will ...

Including drunken driving in the category of violent offenses stretches the law further than the legislation covers, ruled the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing one man’s designation as a violent “career” offender. The U.S. District Court for the ...

President Bush’s timely visit to Collinsville, Ill., last Wednesday sparked more numbers debates in the media and among trial lawyers and doctors over a solution to what some call a medical malpractice crisis. But recent figures courtesy of St. Louis-based ...

A release from liability, which failed to exclude one defendant from the release, was properly rescinded by the two parties before the personal injury lawsuit went to trial, and the Washington County Circuit Court should not have dismissed the claim ...

After two jury-tried cases, a transfer to the Missouri Supreme Court and a re-transfer to the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District, a man injured by electric shock on a construction project will receive prejudgment interest in addition ...

For some attorneys, any working morning might begin with a leisurely viewing of the sunrise from wall-sized windows in a 41st floor office adorned with mahogany and brass. From there, they slowly and deliberately strategize over freshly ground coffee served ...

Recent research from the National Association for Law Placement revealed that minority attorneys account for just over 4 percent of the partners in the nation’s major law firms and women account for approximately 17 percent of the partners in those ...