Missouri abortion-rights amendment faces last-minute legal challenges
Both sides of the debate over whether to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution have filed last-minute legal challenges hoping to influence how, and if, the proposal goes before voters.
View ArticleCourt tosses Missouri law that barred police from enforcing federal gun laws
Federal appellate judges overturned a Missouri law Monday that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws.
View ArticleLegal Ethics: The ethical challenges posed by diminished-capacity clients
The challenges of such clients present a unique set of ethical challenges for attorneys who must balance their duty to advocate for client wishes with the need to protect the client from harm.
View ArticleSt. Louis attorney is first ABA president from the city in 40 years
Bill Bay, a partner with Thompson Coburn, was appointed the eighth American Bar Association President from St. Louis at the conclusion of the ABA’s House of Delegates meeting in August.
View ArticleCommentary: With Chevron’s demise, what’s next?
With Chevron deference gone, courts have more power to interpret laws. But how will courts give meaning to statutes when the text runs out?
View ArticleEmployer-Employee: Disability Discrimination-Sufficiency of Evidence of...
Lackey v. Phelps County Regional Medical Center (MLW No. 82029/Case No. SD38287 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Burrell, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Phelps County, Beger,...
View ArticleInsurance: Residential Property Insurance-Off-Premises Injuries
Sloan v. Farm Bureau Town and Country Insurance Company of Missouri (MLW No. 82033/Case No. SD37751 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Goodman, J.) Appealed from circuit court,...
View ArticleProbate: Motion to Revoke Letters of Administration-Decedent’s Domicile
In the Estate of Jones (MLW No. 82032/Case No. SD38239 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Polk County, Blosch, J. (John Adrian Parks,...
View ArticleContracts: Replevin-Motion to Compel Arbitration
Nelson Trucking, LLC v. K&M Translogic, LLC (MLW No. 82023/Case No. Wd86571 – 19 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Andrew County,...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Child Molestation-Failure to Question Jurors
State v. Whitfield (MLW No. 82027/Case No. WD86054 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Chapman, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Jackson County, Kanatzar, J. (Justin Ortiz, Kansas...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Expungement-Legalization of THC
R.M.S. v. Lafayette County Prosecuting Attorney (MLW No. 82026/Case No. WD86328 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Lafayette County, Rolf,...
View ArticleEmployer-Employee: Hostile Work Environment-JNOV
Holmes v. Missouri Department of Corrections (MLW No. 82025/Case No. WD86357 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Jackson County, Youngs,...
View ArticleReal Property: Setback Variance-Failure to Demonstrate Inability to Pursue...
Weatherby Lake Improvement Company, Inc. v. City of Weatherby Lake Board of Zoning Adjustment (MLW No. 82022/Case No. WD86685 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Sutton, J.)...
View ArticleTorts: Premises Liability-Motion to Vacate Default Judgment
Yeokum v. The National Football Museum, Inc. (MLW No. 82024/Case No. WD86500 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Gabbert, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Jackson County, Zhang,...
View ArticleJudicial commission announces nominees for Jackson County judge vacancy
The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission announced a slate of three nominees for Governor Mike Parson’s consideration to fill a vacancy in Division 14.
View ArticleThe future is now: ABA releases first ethical guidance on artificial...
The ABA’s new guidance on the ethical use of generative AI tools makes the case that lawyers may soon be unable to ignore the rapidly developing technology as a necessary means of providing “competent”...
View ArticleJudge weighs whether to spare Marcellus Williams from execution after...
An evidentiary hearing in Missouri will determine the fate of a man on death row who thought DNA evidence uncovered in his case was enough to save him. A decades-old mistake by a prosecutors office has...
View ArticleAttorney for white homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl says his client needs...
The attorney for an 85-year-old white man who shot Ralph Yarl after the teenage Black honor student came to his Kansas City, Missouri, home by mistake has requested a psychological examination for his...
View ArticleHow one tireless trial attorney maintained a two-year winning streak
After Eric Playter tried 21 cases in 25 months and won 16 of them — obtaining verdicts amounting to $30.8 million — he offered this advice to those looking to achieve similar results: “Don’t do this.”
View ArticleSt. Charles man obtains settlement in road crash, despite defendant lying to...
After nearly two years, a St. Charles man has obtained a $100,000 settlement resulting from a motor vehicle crash on a rural road.
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