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Punitive damages awarded in a tobacco case were reduced Friday by a federal appeals court from $15 million to $5 million. This puts the total amount Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. must pay widower Henry W. Boerner at $9,025,000. The ...

The U.S. Green Building Council has issued a draft report on the use of polyvinyl chloride in buildings and is actively seeking member input. Environmental groups have encouraged the council to include credits within its Leadership in Energy and Environmental ...

Consumers are balancing their check books. Retailers are counting their blessings. Analysts are furiously trying to calculate what exactly happened during the 2004 holiday shopping season. Consumers were relatively slow to hit the stores this holiday season. Even as the ...

AmerenUE had a duty to inform rescue workers that an electrical line laying atop an overturned car had been de-energized and could be re-energized in certain remote circumstances so that rescue workers could decide for themselves whether it was safe ...

Round and round a claim goes, as the federal courts sort out whether an inmate timely, and appropriately, filed suit against the city of Branson, Taney County and their officials alleging a violation of his constitutional rights. The 8th U.S. ...

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced that the Federal Housing Administration has increased its single-family home mortgage limits by more than 7 percent. Effective Jan. 1, 2005, FHA will insure single-family home mortgages up to $172,632 in low-cost ...

The American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law released a new survey of state disability discrimination laws. Written by John W. Parry, commission director, the Monograph on State Disability Discrimination Laws is the most comprehensive compilation of ...

When a horse-drawn buggy hit a car, resulting in the death of a passenger, her survivors could not claim uninsured motorist benefits, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled, affirming a summary judgment. In Douglas Ferguson, Sara ...

It’s back to the drawing board for the Recording Industry Association of America, as the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals told the trade group on Tuesday to find another way to identify the estimated 93 Charter Communications customers allegedly ...

Returning the sweater that fit too tight and fighting after-Christmas sale crowds weren’t the only aggravations for consumers returning goods to retail stores this post-holiday season. Many returned items had to be accompanied by personal information, including a driver’s license ...

A decision to uphold the denial of disability benefits based on a one-time doctor visit split a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, leading to an accusation of “cherry-picking” by the dissent. The majority deferred ...