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Elle Sullivant Defense attorney Elle Sullivant is an “underdogger.” And she will use every means possible to fight for those people whom some would consider “the bad guys.” “Something happens when they hire me,” Sullivant said about her clients. “It ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, upheld a driver’s license suspension in a case that turned on the definitions of motor vehicle and public highways. James S. Covert, the driver, and several children were injured after a golf cart ...

As of Oct. 31, 2004 Fannie Mae will no longer purchase mortgages that include mandatory arbitration clauses. This government sponsored agency has followed the lead of Freddie Mac, which stopped buying loans containing arbitration clauses last August and called the ...

Even though a 16 year-old driver’s grandmother was paying for his truck, he was still considered the dealership’s customer when he wrecked the truck before it was paid for and injured two people in another vehicle, the Missouri Court of ...

Dismissing a petition for post-conviction relief based on res judicata and waiver is improper in the early, “gist” stage of an appeal, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, ruled at the end of last month. The decision came as ...

Mark Griessel wanted to start his own business. As a manager with GMAC he knew how to deal with people and with the real estate market holding an influential place in the economy he recognized an appealing prospect for his ...

Failure to respond to a petition is not reason enough for a trial court to enter a default judgment against someone who has participated in the legal matter in all other respects, ruled the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, ...

Insurance companies that covered an asbestos-installing firm are not responsible for “all sums” payable by their bankrupt insured, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. Instead, each insurer must pay only a fractional share of the total damages, ...

Trade associations work to protect their members and their turf. To that end, the leadership of the St. Charles County Association of Realtors is keeping an eye on possible state legislative initiatives that could adversely affect its industry. Two issues ...

Attempted methamphetamine manufacturing and possession of pseudoephedrine with reasonable cause to believe it would be used to make methamphetamine are two different crimes, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Thursday in a case dealing with double jeopardy. “Unlawful ...

A Fourth Amendment seizure case resulted in three written opinions from a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals – one charging that the line of cases relied on by the appellate court are themselves inconsistent. Alan ...