Criminal Law: Drug Trafficking-Expungement
The Missouri State Highway Patrol appealed the trial court’s grant of defendant’s petition for expungement of three convictions, including a class A conviction for second-degree drug trafficking,...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Motion to Vacate Judgment-First-Degree Robbery
Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to vacate or set aside his conviction for first-degree robbery, arguing that the trial court issued its denial without making required findings of […] The...
View ArticleDomestic Relations: Competing Adoption Petitions-Third-Party Custody/Visitation
Defendant appealed the trial court’s entry of a consent judgment. While in a romantic relationship, the parties became co-guardians of twins. After their relationship ended, the parties filed competing...
View ArticleTorts: Nuisance-Ejectment
Defendants appealed the judgment entered for plaintiff on its claims for nuisance, ejectment and negligence, challenging the denial of their motions for directed verdict on the ejectment claim and the...
View ArticleJury finds maintenance worker injured on the job mostly at fault, reduces award
A Platte County jury has found a maintenance worker who sued BNSF Railway Co. over injuries from a workplace accident that left him unable to work was 70 percent at fault The post Jury finds...
View ArticleJudge delays $2.8B NCAA settlement to address roster limit concerns....
The judge overseeing the rewriting of the college sports rulebook threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix Wednesday, insisting parties in the $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit redo the...
View ArticleCalifornia Bar discloses AI helped develop some questions in problem-plagued...
The State Bar of California has disclosed that some multiple-choice questions in a problem-plagued bar exam were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence. The post California Bar discloses AI...
View ArticleFederal court sides with Mayflower in contract case
A federal court partially granted summary judgment and partially denied summary judgment in a breach of contract case. The post Federal court sides with Mayflower in contract case first appeared on...
View ArticleNorth Dakota enacts nation’s first law shielding Roundup’s maker from some...
North Dakota’s new law protects Bayer from Roundup cancer claims. It could spark similar legislation in Missouri and other states amid rising legal battles. The post North Dakota enacts nation’s first...
View ArticleFBI arrests judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities
The FBI on Friday arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the Republican...
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