Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District
Recent News About Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District
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A deal is a deal: Lawyers get their contingency fees from wrongful death suit
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - A mother whose lawyers negotiated a $2.5 million settlement over the death of her son lost her bid to prevent lawyers hired by her grandchildren to get a piece of the fees after a Missouri appeals court ruled contingency-fee contracts awarding more than a third of the money to attorneys were valid. -
Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Thomas Clark elected chief judge of the Eastern District
Judge Clark began his term as top administrator September 25 -
Replacement announced for Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeals vacancy
Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Michael Wright -
Appellate court rules against trial judge who blamed mom, stepdad for daughter's incest
Judge Wendy Wexler is asking the Eastern District Court of Appeals for a rehearing -
Chief Eastern District appellate judge appointed to Missouri Supreme Court
Judge Kelly Broniec replaces retired Missouri Supreme Court Judge George Draper III on the state’s highest court. -
Appellate judge Sherri Sullivan retires after serving on the judiciary 34 years
Judge Sullivan retired from the Eastern District Court of Appeals on Aug. 1 -
Kelly Broniec is the new chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals-Eastern District
Kelly Broniec begins her role as chief judge on July 1 -
Appellate court: Lawyers who won uncollected $11 million judgment must face client's malpractice claim
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled in favor of Daniel McCullen who sued his two attornies after they failed to collect $11 million judgment -
Man wins $5,000 for eating crab-stuffed fish he thought was hash browns
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A man who claims he had a severe allergic reaction from eating crab-stuffed cod he thought was hash browns will have to live with $5,000 in damages, not the $50,000 he was seeking, after a Missouri appeals court upheld a jury verdict finding him 90% at fault for his own injuries. -
Appellate court dismissed Lincoln County judge's contempt of court appeal
The dispute is between Judge Patrick Flynn and the former Lincoln County Circuit Clerk -
Mom who lost custody of her child opposes St. Louis circuit judge appointment
St. Louis County associate judge Nicole Zellweger was appointed to replace Judge Renee Hardin-Tammons -
Court upholds out-of-state adoption of a mother's son despite her objections
St. Louis boy is permitted to be placed with a family in Washington D.C. by the Eastern District Court of Appeals -
8th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily stays federal debt cancellation program
Missouri is among the leading Republican states that is appealing a federal judge’s decision that they lack standing to challenge U.S. -
Hardin-Tammons’ Court of Appeals appointment creates St. Louis County circuit court vacancy
Now that Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Reneé Hardin-Tammons to the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District, the 21st Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications to replace her.“I don't understand how the governor makes decisions, but he always makes really good ones,” said Judge Lisa Davis. -
15 lawyers apply to replace Judge Dolan at Eastern District Court of Appeals
The vacancy was created by Judge Colleen Dolan’s departure on Aug. 2 due to retirement -
'Doctrine of Impossibility' denied in valet company's argument that COVID prevented loan repayment
Claiming the impossibility doctrine in the failure to repay a debt isn’t as easy as alleging a business was destroyed due to COVID-19. -
Applicant deadline to replace Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeal judge is July 29
Judge Colleen Dolan is retiring from the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District on August 2. -
Divorced mom vows to fight the quasi-immunity dismissal of her fraud lawsuit against family court insiders
A Missouri Court of Appeals has dismissed a divorced mother’s lawsuit against family court insiders whom she alleges engaged in constructive fraud when removing her two children from her custody -
Eastern district appellate court denies NFL request to transfer Rams stadium litigation out of St. Louis
The Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeals denied an emergency writ of prohibition this week filed by the NFL that would have ordered a lower court judge to transfer the case to a county outside of the St. Louis metropolitan region. -
Eastern District appeal court recuses itself from divorced mom's case against family court insiders
The entire Eastern District Court of Appeals has recused itself from a divorced mom’s case against court-appointed professionals whom she alleges engaged in constructive fraud in denying her custody of her children