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Property owners who lost a contentious eminent domain case to Centene Corp. and the city of Clayton on Friday plan to appeal quickly the court’s decision to condemn their land. The owners expressed outrage Monday, likening the court’s decision to ...

The long, costly court case that has kept Centene Corp. and Clayton residents locked in litigation is just the kind of conflict Rep. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, wants to avoid. Eminent domain will always be a contentious issue, she said, but ...

In a nod to Attorney General Jay Nixon’s request for the state Supreme Court to consider Missouri’s process for changing child support payments, the high court granted a woman’s writ of prohibition Friday. Sherrie Hansen, an attorney in Seneca, had ...

The Jackson County executive and the Circuit Court continue to make little progress in their attempt to resolve an ongoing budget dispute. County Executive Michael Sanders told members of the county Legislature on Friday that he was “not optimistic” an ...

With hundreds of amended child support orders waiting in limbo, Attorney General Jay Nixon has asked the state Supreme Court to consider the merits of a pending child support case in the high court. Last week Nixon on behalf of ...

Former Rep. Bob Ney exits the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Friday after being sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He was the only lawmaker to admit guilt in the influence-peddling investigation of Republican lobbyist ...

State Farm settles Katrina lawsuit, avoids trial State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., hit with a $2.7 million verdict this month for denying Hurricane Katrina claims to a Mississippi couple, settled another suit over storm damages, avoiding a trial today. ...

Two women plead guilty in identity theft conspiracy Women from Lee’s Summit and Overland Park pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to participating in an identity theft conspiracy. Barbara DeLuce, 60, of Lee’s Summit, and Hope G. Madewell, 28, of ...

Drug maker Wyeth has filed motions for summary judgment in three cases pending in the St. Louis-based federal court, and more can be expected. In Hill v. Wyeth and Cavender v. American Home Products Corp., the name Wyeth previously was ...

With hundreds of amended child support orders waiting in limbo, Attorney General Jay Nixon has asked the state Supreme Court to consider the merits of a pending child support case in the high court. Nixon, on behalf of the Missouri ...

St. Louis-based Luco Mop Co., a manufacturer of roofing mops and brushes, won a lawsuit filed by a former employee. The plaintiff, Jeannette Brannon, charged the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired her in 2005. Brannon, ...