U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
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H&R Block worker says company has illegal anticompetitive contract, sues for alleged violation of the Sherman Act
An H&R Block worker has sued the company with claims that it schemed to suppress workers’ wages. -
Estate of minor who survived Table Rock Lake boat accident sues Ripley Entertainment, others for damages
SPRINGFIELD – The estate of a minor who survived a duck boat accident at Table Rock Lake is suing the owner and the operators of the boat for damages caused. -
Republic Ford files to remove case over unfair business method allegations to federal court
SPRINGFIELD – A Ford dealership filed to remove a class action case from the Greene County Circuit Court to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri in the Southern Division on Nov. 23. -
Missouri may weather storm over law prohibiting meat label on plant-based products, attorney says
Missouri has found itself thrust into part of a contentious national debate over whether plant-based foods can be marketed or packaged as an alternative to meat. -
Kansas company claims trademark infringment against competitor's knock-off product and volcano-themed ads
A Kansas-licensed spa-products company is suing a California-based competitor, claiming the competitor's volcano hand and feed product advertisements are too close to its own and is being used to sell a cheaper knock-off of its higher quality product. -
Judges gives partial summary judgment to deputy fired when new sheriff came to town
A federal judge has granted partial summary judgment to a former deputy sheriff in Christian County who claims he was fired for supporting the opposing candidate in a sheriff's election in August 2015. -
Court rules on plaintiff fees in Missouri church's school playground lawsuit
Following a Supreme Court ruling that a Missouri church had been denied its constitutional rights when the state rejected its application for a playground subsidy, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri ruled on attorneys' fees and costs, roughly halving the original estimate submitted by the church. -
Western District court dismisses lost chance of survival count in wrongful death suit against federal government
KANSAS CITY – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri on Nov. 1 dismissed count one of a suit against the federal government over allegations that faulty installation of a catheter device at a Veterans’ Administration (VA) clinic caused a man’s death. -
EPA, states and tribes seek millions for cleanup costs of American Zinc, Lead and Smelting sites
JOPLIN – Several federal, state and Native American entities filed a lawsuit on Oct. 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, alleging that Blue Tee Corp., Brown Strauss Inc. and three individual defendants should be held responsible for the cleanup of hazard substances that were allegedly released at former American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Co. sites. -
Female inmate alleges she was sexually assaulted by former Pulaski County Sheriff's Office employee
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An inmate alleges in a lawsuit filed Nov. 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri that she was sexually assaulted by a former Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office employee when she was being transferred to the Pulaski County Jail from the Chillicothe Correctional Center. -
Missouri Corrections Officers Association not expecting appeal to change $113 million award in pay dispute
Some 13,000 corrections officers involved in a class-action lawsuit that alleged they were required to do work before and after their shifts but weren't paid for the work are awaiting settlements after a jury in Coles County Circuit Court awarded $113 million in the case, and taxpayers are on the hook for even more as the jurors added 9 percent interest on the payout. -
'Bubble ball' injury suit remanded from federal court to state court
A defendant on the hook for a $44.6 million judgment over a man's injuries in a "bubble ball," has been granted a request to remand a lawsuit to state court. -
Glasgow School District says it will seek dismissal of suit related to teen's death
A Missouri school district will ask a state court to dismiss a wrongful death suit alleging human rights and personal injury violations filed by the mother of a teenage who committed suicide after being allegedly bullied and harassed. -
State needs to draw up plan to deal with juveniles sentenced to life without parole, judge says
A federal judge recently ordered the state of Missouri to draw up a plan to properly manage the sentences of juveniles previously sentenced to prison for life without parole. -
Photographer alleges law firm Stanton & Redlingshafer used photo without permission, payment
KANSAS CITY – A Kansas City photographer is suing a law firm for allegedly using one of his images of the city's downtown on its website without permission or payment. -
Neosho-based feed industry vitamin maker seeks injunction claiming former employee stole trade secrets
JOPLIN – A Missouri manufacturer and distributor of vitamins and nutritional additives to the animal feed industry petitioned for an immediate injunction against two former employees and a competing company in a recently filed federal suit alleging theft of trade secrets. -
Lumberyard sues over purchase of $1.3 million sawmill system it claims did not work
KANSAS CITY – An Exeter lumberyard's suit claiming that a $1.3 million sawmill system it bought was not capable of doing the job the seller claimed it would was recently moved to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. -
Missouri Department of Mental Health employees dropped from lawsuit over death of disabled man
KANSAS CITY – Missouri Department of Mental Health employees have been removed from a lawsuit concerning the death of a mentally disabled man after his body was found in April 2017. -
Highway Patrol sergeant's discrimination suit tossed, attorney says they will appeal
JEFFERSON CITY – A U.S. district magistrate judge dismissed a lawsuit from a Missouri State Highway Patrol sergeant after the sergeant claimed that the details of a drowning were being covered up. -
Court finds for O'Reilly Automotive in 'Precision' trademark dispute
KANSAS CITY — U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips ruled in favor O'Reilly Automotive Stores in its trademark action against Bearing Technologies over the use of the word "Precision."