U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Recent News About U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
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Normandy Schools Collaborative removes age discrimination class action to federal court
ST. LOUIS – Normandy Schools Collaborative recently removed a proposed class action alleging age discrimination and 14th Amendment violations filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court to federal court. -
Eye drop makers remove class action alleging product waste to federal court
ST. LOUIS – Manufacturers of glaucoma treatment prescription eye drops recently removed a proposed class action filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division. -
Maritz sues IT contractor after cyberattacks in 2016 and 2017 related to rewards card programs
ST. LOUIS – Maritz Holdings Inc. of Fenton recently filed a lawsuit against its former information technology contractor that claims a "massive" cyberattack in 2016 and an additional attack in 2017 resulted in more than $14 million in losses related to electronic gift cards. -
Eastern District affirms ruling denying disability benefits to woman
ST. LOUIS – A Missouri woman has failed to prove she is owed Social Security benefits after her physician and counselor’s testimony fell short in the opinion of a federal court. -
Aarons Inc. not completely off the hook in discrimination case filed by ex-employee
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has partially dismissed discrimination claims filed by a former employee of a lease-to-own rental company. -
Motion for $21.5 million settlement against Monsanto approved
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court for the Eastern District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig has approved a motion for final approval of a $21.5 million action settlement between several plaintiffs and Monsanto Co. -
Oral agreement is valid in $690,000 breach of contract case, district court denies motion for summary judgment
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in the Eastern Division determined an oral agreement was sufficient for a company claiming it was stifled out of $690,000 based on a May 22 opinion. -
Missouri man claims he was libeled in blog posts
ST. LOUIS – In a civil case involving social media, Michael Henry Blank of Chesterfield, Missouri, filed a complaint on May 21, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, against two unnamed people who allegedly had been defaming him on the internet. -
Missouri couple not entitled to payment from County Preferred in auto accident
A Missouri couple could not prove their insurance company owed them damages in an auto insurance complaint filed with for U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, according to a May 4 court opinion. -
Charter Communications seeks move ex-employee discrimination case to federal court
ST. LOUIS – Charter Communications LLC filed a notice May 11 to remove a former employee’s discrimination complaint from St. Charles County Circuit Court to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. -
SKU Foods faces a (Soozies) Doozy of a lawsuit
SKU Foods LLC is being sued in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by an entrepreneur who alleges she was duped into selling her share of the Soozie’s Doozies cookie business. -
Woman claims Manhattan Project caused her cancer
A Florissant woman has filed a lawsuit against a biopharmaceutical company and chemical-producing corporation for alleged negligence related to the disposal of “hazardous, toxic, and radioactive materials” near residential neighborhoods in St. Louis County. -
Woman claims Schneider National Carriers driver crossed into her lane
SPRINGFIELD -- Schneider National Carriers Inc. is facing legal action from driver a who claims she was injured in a wreck. -
District court rules need for documents in fraud, co-conspiracy case against pharmacy
ST. LOUIS -- The response by pharmaceutical companies to fraud and co-conspirator allegations by a major competitor resulted in a ruling from the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, according to a May 7 opinion. -
Former Kraft Heinz processing plant worker alleges racial discrimination at Kirksville facility
ST. LOUIS -- Kraft Heinz Food Co. LLC is being sued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by a former employee, who alleges racial discrimination at its Kirksville processing plant. -
Kraft Heinz faces racial discrimination suit
Kraft Heinz Food Company LLC is being sued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by a former employee who alleges racial discrimination at its Kirksville, Missouri processing plant. -
BioLogix files breach of contract lawsuit against former franchisee Kay Logic
BioLogix Franchise Marketing Corporation has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against a former franchisee it claims has taken steps to operate a competing business. -
Dispute over cost of windstorm damage leads HOA to file suit against Philadelphia Insurance
A homeowners association in Missouri is suing its insurer in a dispute over the cost of property damage. -
Photographer sues Post-Dispatch over Ted Nugent photo
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch LLC is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly publishing a photograph of rocker Ted Nugent without giving credit to the photographer. -
Eastern District of Missouri issues mixed ruling in case over herbicide, dicamba-tolerant seeds
ST. LOUIS — U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on April 13 granted in part and denied in part BASF’s motion to dismiss a case involving the company’s liability for planting seeds that were not responsive to certain herbicides.