Assault by stranger at motel leads to $1M settlement
A Missouri woman who was sexually assaulted in a Lake of the Ozarks hotel room while staying as an overnight guest has settled a premises liability lawsuit against the business and its owner for $1...
View ArticleJudge questions restrictions on booster payments to athletes in $2.78B NCAA...
A federal judge on Thursday probed the terms of a proposed $2.78 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences and revealed a potential snag in the deal, questioning...
View ArticleMissouri judge says abortion-rights measure summary penned by GOP official is...
A Missouri judge ruled Thursday that an anti-abortion GOP official used misleading language to summarize a ballot question designed to restore abortion rights in the state.
View ArticleSunshine Law case will see light of day on remand
Summary judgment in favor of two public governmental bodies was inappropriate in a Sunshine Law case, the Missouri Supreme Court held, reversing an order in favor of St. Louis County and Webster Groves.
View ArticleMissouri abortion-rights amendment could be axed from ballot after ruling
A Missouri judge on Friday ruled that an abortion-rights campaign did not meet legal requirements to qualify for the November ballot, potentially thwarting a yearslong effort to undo the state's...
View ArticleJudge orders psychological evaluation for white homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl
A judge has ordered a mental evaluation and delayed the trial of 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.
View ArticleCustody dispute remanded for correct standard
The proper legal standard for a modification of a child custody decree depends on whether the party is seeking to modify the custody arrangement or the custody designation, the Southern District Court...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Sinks v. State (MLW No. 82085/Case No. ED112027 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd, J.) Appeal from circuit court, Cape Girardeau County, Lewis, J. (Kevin L. Schriener for...
View ArticleReal Property: Airport Lease Agreement-Authority to Terminate
Bi-National Gateway Terminal, LLC v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 82083/Case No. ED112575 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Wright, J.) Appeal from circuit court, City of St....
View ArticleTorts: Toxic Exposure-Mistrial
Moore v. Monsanto Company (MLW No. 82086/Case No. ED112004 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Torbitzky, J.) Appeal from circuit court, St. Louis County, Ribaudo, J. (Nina...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Good Samaritan Law-Immunity from Prosecution
State v. Smith (MLW No. 82092/Case No. SD38313 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Camden County, Koeppen, J. (David Reece Angle,...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Murder-Sufficiency of Evidence
State v. Winkle (MLW No. 82090/Case No. SD37867 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Growcock, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Pemiscot County, Copeland, J. (Shawn David Young,...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Unlawful Surrender/Transfer of Custody-Sufficiency of Evidence
State v. Lewis (MLW No. 82091/Case No. SD37815 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Pulaski County, Beger, J. (Carol Jansen, Columbia...
View ArticleDomestic Relations: Child Custody-Standard for Modification
Schiesswohl v. Spain (MLW No. 82093/Case No. SD38173 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Lawrence County, Kasper, J. (Joseph Andrew...
View ArticleProbate: Will Contest-Standing
Laws v. Allen (MLW No. 82094/Case No. SD37525 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Texas County, Clayton, J. (Brian Eric Hamburg,...
View ArticleEmployer-Employee: Breach of Contract-Statute of Limitations
Sommers v. Kruse Mennillo, LLP (MLW No. 82088/Case No. WD86387 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Buchanan County, Kellogg, J. (John...
View ArticleNegligence: Premises Liability-Prison Inmate
Berhow v. State (MLW No. 82089/Case No. WD86333 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) Appealed from circuit court, DeKalb County, Horsman, J. (Gabriel E. Harris and...
View ArticleScott Tompsett, Tompsett Sports Law
Scott Tompsett has over 30 years of experience in NCAA infractions and compliance work.
View ArticleRobert Tormohlen, Lewis Rice
He’d prefer not to be known as the “flying hot dog lawyer,” but Robert Tormohlen successfully represented the plaintiff who sued the Kansas City Royals after the team’s mascot, Sluggerrr, launched a...
View ArticleBob Wallace Jr., Thompson Coburn
Bob Wallace leads his firm’s sports law group, representing teams, prospective team buyers and companies interested in sports marketing and civic and government entities facing team relocation or...
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