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A trial court that awarded a personal-injury plaintiff a $250,000 default judgment did not have the authority to do so because the plaintiff’s petition requested an amount “in excess of $25,000 and less than $75,000.” On Tuesday, the Missouri Court ...

The American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession has awarded two professors, a lawyer in private practice, an assistant U.S. attorney, a federal judge and an executive with General Motors the 2004 Spirit of Excellence ...

Survivors of a man who died while working his second job are not eligible for death benefits from The Second Injury Fund, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in an affirmed in part, reversed in part ...

Although awareness has been risen, fair housing advocates admit much more needs to be done to secure affordable anddecent housing for low-income families. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has agreed, and last week awarded $17.6 million in grants ...

In a case of first impression, the Missouri Supreme Court is considering a challenge to the state’s Motor Fuel Marketing Act brought by QuikTrip Corp., which is the defendant in an enforcement action brought by the attorney general for violating ...

A trial court should have admitted an out-of-state conviction in a revoked license case, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a reversed and remanded decision. In William G. Friedrich, Respondent, v. Director of Revenue, Appellant, ...

For more than two decades – since the Supreme Court’s 1981 decision in New York v. Belton, police have had a clear right to search an automobile as “contemporaneous incident” of the arrest of its occupant. But what if the ...

Gov. Bob Holden on Tuesday announced the appointment of William Thomas Lohmar Jr. to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court. He replaces Judge Steve Ehlmann who left the bench to become the county administrator for St. Charles County. “We are fortunate ...

A circuit court’s failure to explain the dangers of self-representation to a man defending himself pro se against charges of resisting arrest will lead to a new trial, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, ruled in a partially reversed ...

Despite the fact the defendant didn’t pay the amount of child support ordered to him, the prosecution’s lack of evidence to determine what expenses the children needed resulted in a reversed and remanded criminal nonsupport decision, the Missouri Court of ...

The first round of deadlines for more than 4.3 million homeowners to complete claims in a legal settlement with Masonite Corp. Hardboard Siding has arrived. The Homeowners Against Defective Dwellings, a consumer organization, issued a reminder last week that a ...