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A customer who argued the sale of an automobile was not legitimate will receive $30,000 in punitive damages from the financial company after the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District reversed and remanded a trial court’s decision to ...

It is hard to imagine that only a few years ago a chat with friends about buying online led to the inevitable, “I’ve bought books from Amazon.” Now, books generate only 3 percent of all U.S. online sales, verses 14 ...

Will Miranda warnings at the jailhouse cure a police officer’s earlier error of eliciting statements in violation of an indictee’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel? The U.S. Supreme Court side-stepped the question this week, remanding to let the 8th U.S. ...

After a full life in the legal and law enforcement sectors, former Circuit Attorney Edward L. Dowd succumbed to kidney and heart failure on Tuesday at the age of 85. “Ed Dowd was a vigorous, straight shooter as a circuit ...

When a new year begins is the perfect time to reflect on the changes that have occurred in the old year. In that vein, several Missouri attorneys listed what they thought were the most significant decisions handed down by appellate ...

The federal government spent almost $1 billion to clean up the site in Weldon Spring where uranium was processed for the country’s nuclear weapons. The work began in the 1940s and continued into the 1960s. Now, Republican U.S. Sen. Christopher ...

State ex rel. Diehl v. O’Malley, 95 S.W.3d 82 (Mo. 1/28/2003) – The Supreme Court held that there is a state constitutional right to a jury trial in claims for damages brought in state court under the Missouri Human Rights ...

A man convicted of second-degree murder for the death of his girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter failed to prove his charges of ineffective assistance of trial counsel and will continue to serve his 20-year prison sentence, according to a decision handed down ...

It’s back to school for state lawmakers and members of their staffs as The Missouri Bar hosts “Law School for Legislators” at the state capital on Tuesday. The program will provide an overview of the law with programs taught by ...

Tony Twist v. TCI Cablevision, SC84856 (7/29/03) was a case where the jury had awarded a $24.5 million verdict to Tony Twist, the former Blues hockey player saying that his name had been appropriated by this comic book author. The ...

Walking into any courtroom can be unnerving for even a seasoned attorney, but for those who seldom appeal cases, the court of appeals may be particularly intimidating. Recently, The Daily Record sat down with three judges from the Missouri Court ...