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6 days ago | molawyersmedia.com | Kallie Cox

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 jury instructions on compensatory and punitive damages.

6 days ago | molawyersmedia.com | Kallie Cox

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 adoption petitions, which resulted in the grant of defendant’s petition. Plaintiff then petitioned for third-party custody or visitation, which defendant opposed, arguing that plaintiff was unfit and lacked standing. However, the parties later agreed to a visitation schedule for plaintiff.

6 days ago | molawyersmedia.com | Kallie Cox

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 fact and conclusions of law on two of his claims. Where the trial court’s failure to make findings of fact and conclusions of law on all of defendant’s claims precluded meaningful appellate review, the court was constrained to vacate and remand.

6 days ago | molawyersmedia.com | Kallie Cox

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, arguing that the expungement statute plainly prohibited expungement of “any class A felony offense.” Where the plain and unambiguous language of the statute made class A felony offenses ineligible for expungement, the trial court erred in expunging defendant’s drug trafficking conviction which was an...

6 days ago | molawyersmedia.com | Kallie Cox

Defendants appealed the judgment entered in favor of plaintiff on her sex discrimination and battery claims, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence for plaintiff’s claims and her request for punitive damages. Defendants also challenged the admission of defendant Douglas Bliss’s classroom behavior and the jury instructions.