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A St. Louis man’s conviction has been vacated after prosecutors failed to disclose the alleged victim’s criminal history. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Jason Merriweather’s right to a fair trial was violated when prosecutors’ search of a ...

Tagged with: criminal record disclosure fair trial Jason Merriweather Missouri Supreme Court

A lawyer for Norfolk Southern Railway Co. urged the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday to adopt a bright-line rule that attorney work-product protection is waived when a party designates a person as an expert. “Today this court addresses whether the ...

Tagged with: Crown Power and Equipment Co. McLeod & Heinrichs Missouri Supreme Court Norfolk Southern Railway Co. Richard McLeod Tracy v. Dandurand work-product protection

An attorney for a man seeking a DNA test argued on Wednesday before the Missouri Supreme Court that a lower judge erred in denying the procedure. Randy Belcher, a Livingston County resident, pleaded guilty in 1989 to rape.  He was ...

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A long-running lawsuit against the psychologists who failed to report a father’s abuse of his adopted daughter must return to state court for yet another trial. In a case that began in 1991, Kelly Pope sued Drs. Bruce Strnad and ...

Tagged with: Abuse Bruce Strnad Joel Ray Kelly Pope Lester Pope psychologists

Supreme Court says 25 percent is all that state must spend

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld Missouri's method for funding public schools. More than 200 school districts, called the Coalition for Educational Equality, sued the state in 2004, arguing Missouri doesn't spend enough on education and distributes the money it does spend unfairly.

Tagged with: 25 percent Coalition for Educational Equality Missouri Supreme Court public schools Richard Callahan school districts school funding

Chrysler’s acceptance of responsibility for claims has put the bloom back on some product liability cases. The auto manufacturer has agreed to accept product liability claims on vehicles made by its predecessor company before June 10, 2009, and involved in ...

Tagged with: Bob Langdon Chrysler Langdon & Emison product liability

The American Bar Association has filed suit in federal court seeking to prevent the Federal Trade Commission from applying a new anti-identity theft regulation to practicing attorneys. The regulation, called the Red Flags Rule, requires businesses that possess sensitive identification ...

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The U.S. drug czar will share a St. Louis stage today with a recovering methamphetamine addict, as well as local and state officials, to announce an anti-meth advertising campaign. At the St. Louis City Hall Rotunda on Tuesday, Gil Kerlikowske (pictured), the director of National Drug Control Policy, will show three television ads that Drug Commissioner Phillip Britt says are designed to prevent youths from becoming meth users in the first place and to give meth users and their families hope that recovery is possible.

Tagged with: drug court drug court commissioners Gil Kerlikowske methamphetamine National Drug Control Policy

A lawsuit filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court is alleging that Pulaski Bank does not pay its tellers and customer service representatives for work done before and after their scheduled shifts. The proposed class action states that Pulaski required ...

Tagged with: class action Mark Potashnick Pulaski Bank Pulaski Financial Corp. Stueve Siegel Hanson Weinhaus & Potashnick

St. Louis attorney Elbert Walton is being accused of sending out defamatory letters and e-mails alleging an affair between his estranged wife, former Democratic state rep. Juanita Head Walton, and an African American Chamber of Commerce president. The African American ...

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Federal government sues over damage to historic site

Union and Confederate soldiers battled fiercely at Wilson's Creek in the summer of 1861. Now the federal government is waging a legal battle against a Branson developer after an employee mistakenly bulldozed part of the historic battlefield. The property has on it a farm, two roads and a spring that were associated with the Civil War battle.

Tagged with: Battle of Wilson Creek battlefield Don Ledford Missouri Partners Inc. National Park Service