Missouri News

During his entire term in the Missouri General Assembly, Sen. Jim Lembke and like-minded conservative Republicans have tried to overturn the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan for choosing state appellate and metropolitan circuit court judges.  

The Missouri Senate is close to passing a resolution that would give the state’s governor excessive and unwise control over the selection of judges to its highest courts. The resolution, if passed by the House as well, would clear the way for a ballot issue to change the judicial selection process as outlined in the Missouri Constitution.

A Missouri law that caps the amount of certain types of money that can be awarded in medical malpractice suits will be challenged in the state Supreme Court today.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that payday lenders can require that customer disputes be settled by arbitration instead of through class-action lawsuits.

An additional three asbestos cases have been added to the docket in St. Louis Circuit Court.

When Solutia agreed to sell itself for $4.7 billion, its stock price jumped 41 percent and most investors seemed to think it was a good deal. Nine law firms are trying to convince them otherwise.

The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the state's cap on punitive damages Tuesday in a case in which a jury awarded $1 million in damages and only $4,500 in compensation.

Missouri business organizations from across the state gathered in Jefferson City today to present lawmakers with a unified agenda. The consensus includes three areas of reform including worker’s compensation, employment law and tort reform.