Driver’s License: Revocation-Refusal of Chemical Testing
Petitioner appealed the denial of her petition challenging the revocation of her driver’s license for refusing to submit to a chemical test after a DUI arrest. Petitioner argued that there […] The post...
View ArticleDomestic Relations: Truancy-Sufficiency of Evidence
Defendant appealed the adjudication of delinquency for truancy, based on evidence that he missed more than 25 days of school and had an attendance rate of 80.5 percent in the […] The post Domestic...
View ArticleEmployer-Employee: Retaliation-Hostile Work Environment
Defendant appealed the judgment in favor of plaintiff in her hostile work environment and retaliation action under the Missouri Human Rights Act. Where defendant’s notice of appeal was untimely because...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation: FELA-Wrongful Death
Plaintiff appealed the judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff’s husband’s employer, in plaintiff’s wrongful death action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, which alleged that defendant...
View ArticleSt. Louis legal community gathers to honor retiring judges
Nearly 150 judges and attorneys from around the St. Louis area gathered for an annual event to celebrate the careers of retiring judges from various levels of the judiciary. The post St. Louis legal...
View ArticleTwo law firms targeted by Trump sue over executive orders that sought to...
Two prominent law firms targeted by the White House sued Friday over virtually identical executive orders, pushing back over edicts meant to punish them over their association with attorneys who have...
View ArticleJudge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting...
A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to spend billions to install air conditioning to cool them off. And it could raise...
View ArticleStatutory cap reduces jury verdict for man struck by falling tree branch
A city of St. Louis jury has awarded more than $1.5 million to a man seriously injured by a fallen tree branch while seated at a bus stop, but the award was reduced by nearly seven figures to comply...
View ArticleSupreme Court seems likely to side with Catholic Charities in...
The Supreme Court appeared Monday to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court. The...
View ArticleJustice Department instructed to dismiss legal challenge to Georgia election law
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday instructed the Justice Department to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a sweeping election overhaul that Georgia Republican lawmakers passed in the wake of...
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