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St. Louis County jury awards $550K in vehicle collision case

4 days ago | molawyersmedia.com | Erin Achenbach

A St. Louis County jury sided with the plaintiff in a half a million-dollar motor vehicle collision suit. The jury awarded plaintiff Codi Francis $550,000 April 7 for his ongoing injuries after the defendant Rebecca May rearended him. Francis filed suit alleging a traumatic brain injury and his partner, Sarah Francis, brought forward a suit for loss of consortium. Judge Chastidy Dillon-Amelung heard the trial.
Expert can testify in Missouri insurance claim case

6 days ago | molawyersmedia.com | Correy E. Stephenson

A plaintiff’s expert in an insurance dispute should be allowed to testify about the insurer’s handling of the claim, the Eastern District of the U.S. District Court of Missouri ruled on May 12, denying both the insurer’s motions to exclude testimony as well as summary judgment. A married couple, Michael and Karen Green had a policy with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company covering their home in Normandy.
SCOTUS reins in environmental review for infrastructure projects

1 week ago | molawyersmedia.com | Correy E. Stephenson |Pat Murphy

The D.C. Circuit improperly invalidated approval for the construction of an 88-mile rail branch line linking an undeveloped oil field in Utah to the national railway system based on the U.S. Surface Transportation Board‘s failure to consider the environmental effects of upstream and downstream projects that are separate in time or place from the proposed infrastructure project, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. Click here to read the full text of the May 29 decision in .
Failure to plead affirmative defense results in reversal

1 week ago | molawyersmedia.com | Correy E. Stephenson

An unjust enrichment claim was improperly dismissed where the defendants did not raise a statute of limitations affirmative defense in their answer to the complaint, the Southern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled on May 15. The Whitlow family acquired a farm in August of 1993. Harry “Hank” Whitlow negotiated the acquisition.
Judge upholds Biden-era project labor rule for federal projects

1 week ago | molawyersmedia.com | Ethan Duran

FILE - The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)A federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of Defense must continue a Biden-era project labor agreement mandate for large-scale federal projects.
Jury rules for defendant in $33M motorcycle collision case

1 week ago | molawyersmedia.com | Erin Achenbach

A jury returned a verdict for the defendant in a $33 million motor vehicle collision case out of Madison County Circuit Court in Illinois. The verdict was reached Nov. 20, 2024, in favor of Dennis Rives and United States Steel Corporation. The case stems from a motor vehicle collision over a decade ago in 2012, when Rives was attempting to make a sharp right turn from the right turn lane. His turn signal was activated, and he had to veer slightly into the adjoining lane to make the turn.
Torts-Products Liability-Strict Liability Design Defect

1 week ago | molawyersmedia.com | Erin Achenbach

Defendant appealed the judgment in favor of plaintiffs on their strict liability design defect, failure to warn and negligence claims, which alleged that an ingredient in an herbicide manufactured by defendant caused plaintiffs to develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Insurance-Assault Lawsuit-Policy Exclusion

1 week ago | molawyersmedia.com | Erin Achenbach

Plaintiff appealed the judgment in favor of defendant. Plaintiff filed an equitable garnishment and declaratory judgment action against defendant, seeking to recover the personal injury judgment awarded to her against defendant’s insurers, who allegedly assaulted plaintiff. Defendant cross-claimed for declaratory judgment, seeking a ruling that plaintiff’s recovery was limited by an insurance policy sublimit and that defendant had satisfied its obligations under the policy.
Employer-Employee-Discrimination-Default Judgment

1 week ago | molawyersmedia.com | Erin Achenbach

Defendants appealed the judgment entered in favor of plaintiff on his discrimination and retaliation claims. Defendants argued that the trial court erred in entering judgment because it lacked authority to do so after defendants’ motion for change of venue was granted by operation of law. Defendants further claimed that they were defending the lawsuit, precluding entry of default judgment.
Employer-Employee-Discrimination-Award of Legal Fees

1 week ago | molawyersmedia.com | Erin Achenbach

Defendants appealed the award of attorney’s fees to plaintiff after the entry of default judgment against defendants that ordered them to pay compensatory and punitive damages on plaintiff’s claims of discrimination and retaliation. Defendants argued that the trial court lacked authority to conduct proceedings after defendants’ motion for change of venue was granted as a matter of law and improperly entered default judgment despite defendants’ defense against the lawsuit.