Lawyer Stephen F. Meyerkord, “the perfect opponent,” will receive the Award of Honor, the highest award given by the Lawyers Association of St. Louis. He was dubbed the perfect opponent not because he’s easy to defeat; he isn’t. Rather, it’s ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court handed down an opinion on Tuesday that will allow Jefferson County to complete street construction in the Winter Valley subdivision. The case involves appeals and cross-appeals following litigation over the responsibility for completing and repairing streets ...

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Workers whose injuries are no longer addressed by the workers’ compensation system have the right to sue their employers for recovery, a splintered Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decision, almost 15 months in the making, answered a lawsuit that ...

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A divided Missouri Supreme Court has removed a hurdle to resuming executions in the state. In a 4-3 decision issued Tuesday, the high court said the Department of Corrections protocol establishing how executions are to be conducted in Missouri is ...

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Michael Teer was almost a free man. Last month, a deeply divided Missouri Supreme Court ordered that he be sentenced to four years in the county jail for a 1994 drunken driving accident that killed four people and injured another. ...

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A Missouri appeals court may have made it easier to condemn private property for redevelopment. In a decision handed down last week, the Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City said the condemnation of property that houses Gigi’s Wigs & ...

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A Missouri appeals court issued a decision this week likely to please the state’s Republican-led Legislature. On Tuesday, the appellate court in St. Louis said a Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission employee was not injured in the course of his ...

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An attorney for a St. Charles woman convicted of manufacturing meth argued before the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday that prosecutors inappropriately used hearsay evidence to help secure her conviction. Jessica Reed of St. Charles County was convicted of attempting ...

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Almost six years after a fiery crash on Interstate 70 killed a state trooper and severely injured another driver, lawyers for the victims asked the Missouri Supreme Court to let them take another crack at the maker of the car ...

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Missouri Republicans are engaging in another fight to establish a requirement to present photo identification before voting. But the proposal in its current form might not actually impact any Missouri voters for years. State Rep. Stanley Cox, R-Sedalia, presented an ...

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A lawsuit filed last week against Don Brown Automotive in St. Louis alleging an illegal practice of law is the most recent in a string of dozens of lawsuits filed in the wake of a 2007 Missouri Supreme Court decision, which upheld similar claims against a mortgage company. The suit filed by Joe Partney, which is seeking class action status, alleges that the car dealership engaged in an illegal practice of law when it charged documentation preparation or processing fees in connection with the lease or purchase of a car. Partney purchased a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer from Don Brown Automotive and alleges he was charged a $65 "Notary & Doc Fee."

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