The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state’s noneconomic damage cap for medical malpractice cases involving wrongful death. In a 5-2 ruling, the court said the cap is not an unconstitutional violation of equal protection rights, even though until ...
Read More »Appeals court affirms most of wrongful foreclosure award
A state appeals court on Tuesday upheld most of a record judgment in a wrongful foreclosure case, though it said the plaintiffs cannot keep the title to the property. Early last year, a Clinton County judge awarded David and Crystal ...
Read More »Former legislator receives interim suspension
Lee’s Summit attorney and former Missouri legislator Dennis Bonner received an interim license suspension Friday for misappropriating client funds as well as more than $55,000 in third party funds. According to the discipline file, Bonner had multiple incidents involving ...
Read More »VW owners seek trial if there’s no fix in emissions case
Lawyers representing thousands of people who own diesel Volkswagens that cheat on emissions tests are asking a judge to order repairs and compensation if the company and government regulators don’t agree to a fix by Thursday. The request was made ...
Read More »Missouri Senate OKs prison options for kids guilty of murder
Missouri senators on Monday endorsed changing the state’s sentencing guidelines to eliminate the mandatory sentence of life in prison for minors convicted of first-degree murder. Lawmakers voted to alter the guidelines to bring them into line with a 2012 U.S. ...
Read More »It’s on … Amazon’s stand-alone streaming targets Netflix
Amazon is taking on Netflix and Hulu with a stand-alone video streaming service, just weeks before Netflix raises prices for longtime subscribers. New customers can now pay $8.99 a month to watch Amazon’s Prime video streaming service. Previously, the only ...
Read More »State proposals on LGBT rights push business into spotlight
Major corporations invested in Southern states have become some of the staunchest opponents of bills they consider discriminatory, facing off against Republican lawmakers eager to portray their states as the best home for global brands. The NFL, Apple and other ...
Read More »Google to experiment with technology for citywide Wi-Fi
Google has received permission to put antennas on Kansas City light poles and other structures to test new technology that could lead to citywide wireless connectivity. The company that brought super-speed Internet to the metropolitan area on both sides of ...
Read More »Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google’s online library
The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to Google’s online book library from authors who complained that the project makes it harder for them to market their work. The justices let stand lower court rulings in favor of Mountain View, ...
Read More »Man plans to sue over conviction in 1957 schoolgirl killing
A 76-year-old Washington state man released from prison after a prosecutor concluded he was wrongly convicted in the 1957 killing of a schoolgirl says he intends to sue Illinois for the suffering five years of imprisonment caused him and his ...
Read More »University of Missouri countersues professor in gun lawsuit
The University of Missouri is countersuing a law school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university’s ban on firearms. Royce de R. Barondes’ case has the potential to redefine the limits of acceptable gun regulations under Missouri’s ...
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