ST. LOUIS — St. Louis is ranked No. 3 on the 2017-2018 “judicial hellhole” rankings by the American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF), but it has improved since last year when the St. Louis Circuit Court was ranked as the worst court in the nation by the group.
An appeals court has denied a new trial for Lincoln County, which had challenged a jury's award of $2.25 million to victims of sexual abuse committed by a former lieutenant at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment in favor of Kansas City police officers in a lawsuit brought by a man charged with resisting arrest in October 2013.
ST. LOUIS — A vehicle passenger is suing a tractor-trailer driver and commercial trucking company, citing alleged failure to properly operate its vehicle.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has rejected the qualified immunity defense put up by the City of Ferguson and its police involving the claims of Michael Brown's companion Dorian Johnson.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a finding of the National Labor Relations Board, which ruled that a Kansas City Burger King franchise violated the law by refusing to rehire an activist employee who had fought for raising the minimum wage.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a $1.25 million jury award to the parents of a man who died while under suicide watch at Missouri correctional facility.
