Missouri Intentional Tort Law
<H2> James Westmoreland v. Progressive American Insurance Company
Kansas City, Missouri, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. AI Overview Missouri bad faith insurance law allows policyholders to sue insurers for "vexatious refusal to pay" (Mo. Rev. Stat. 375.420) when a company unfairly delays or denies a legitimate claim without reasonable cause, violating its duty to act in good faith... More...
$1 (12-08-2025 - MO)<H2> Zaid Aday v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America
St. Louis, Missouri, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a bad faith breach of insurance contract law theory. AI Overview Bad faith breach of insurance contract law means an insurer unreasonably denies, delays, or underpays a valid claim, violating the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing inherent in every insurance contract, leading to potential lawsuits for contract da... More...
$1 (12-05-2025 - MO)R.A. v. Mercy Hospitals East Communities, d/b/a Mercy Hospitals, et al.
St. Louis, Missouri personal injury medical malpractice lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> COMES NOW Plaintiff R.A., a minor, by and through his Next Friends and Natural<br> Parents Sarah Anyan and Blake Anyan, by and through his attorneys of record and for his Second<br> Amended Petition against Mercy Hospitals East Communities d/b/a Mercy Hospital St. Louis,<br> Mercy Clinic East Communi... More...
$1 (04-21-2025 - MO)Jane Doe v. First Baptist Church of Pierce City, Missouri
Monet, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence claims.<br> <br> First Baptist Chruch of Pierce City, Missouri, is a Southern Baptist church and that Plaintiff participated in FBC's youth ministries program. A youth pastor led FBC's youth ministries program and transported participants, including Plaintiff and others, to and from said program in a church van. On tw... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - MO)Shannon Dugan v. Hyatt Corporation d/b/a/ Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch
<h2><br> St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence thoery.<br> </h2><br> On April 19, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown St. Louis, Hyatt security guard D.W, used his master key to sneak into respondent Shannon Dugan's hotel room while she slept to sexually assault her. In her petition against Hyatt, Dugan brought claims for negligent h... More...
$0 (12-03-2024 - MO)Christopher Ryan Kuone v. Marti O'Malley
<h2><br> Kansas City, Missouri prisoner civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Prisoners have a number of civil rights protections, including:<br> <br> Eighth Amendment: Protection from cruel and unusual punishment, and a minimum standard of living<br> Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection Clause protects against discrimination based on race, sex, or creed<br> ... More...
$0 (10-17-2024 - MO)Mohammed Brema and Jeneba Mansaray v. American Family Mutual Insurance S.I.
<h2><br> St. Louis, Missouri bad faith breach of insurance contract lawyer represented the Plaintiffs.<br> </h2><br> Missouri law allows policyholders to sue insurance companies for bad faith when they wrongfully deny, delay, or underpay legitimate claims. This is known as a "vexatious refusal to pay" claim. <br> Here are some things to know about bad faith insurance claims in Missouri:<br> <br> <... More...
$0 (10-17-2024 - MO)Deborah Ann Willis v. United States of America
<h2><br> Kansas City, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> Missouri is a pure comparative negligence state, while it recognizes the legal doctrine of "comparative negligence." Under this doctrine, a plaintiff who is partially responsible for their own injuries may only collect damages in proportio... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - MO)Brooke Langeneckert v. Caravan Supply Company
Cape Girardeau, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on wrongful death negligence theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Circuit Court, Dunklin County, 23DU-CC00043, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> "Brooke Langeneckert, 32, of Herculaneum was driving north on I-55 south of Richardson Road in Arnold at 2:50 p.m. when her 2003 Ford Must... More...
$1 (03-14-2024 - MO)Isaiah Rider v. The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City
Kansas city, Missouri personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an premises liablity negligence theory.<br> <br> Isaiah Rider ("Riderâ€), by and through his next friend and mother, Michelle Rider ("Motherâ€), appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri ("trial courtâ€), following a jury trial, which awarded him damages against The ... More...
$0 (05-26-2015 - MO)Phylis Oberkramer, et al. v. The City of Ellisville, et al.
St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on negligence theories.<br> <br> Plaintiffs, the widow and minor children of a Des Peres police officer, brought this action for wrongful death against seven named defendants including three municipalities, the Cities of Ellisville, Ballwin and Manchester. Plaintiffs filed separate causes of action agains... More...
$0 (03-17-1983 - MO)Derek Christopherson, et al. v. State Farm Bank, FSB, et al.
Springfield, Missouri consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued defendants on fraud theories.<br> <br> Plaintiffs asserted seven claims against the Defendants: Count I - Violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act; Count II - Fraudulent Misrepresentation; Count III - Negligent Misrepresentation; Count IV - Equitable Recission and Cancellation; Count V - Breach of Contract; C... More...
$0 (04-14-2023 - MO)Sarah Davis, et al. v. United States of America
St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident involving a postal vehicle. <br> ... More...
$1 (10-20-2022 - MO)USAA Casualty Insurance v. Linda Scobee, et al.
St. Louis, Missouri civil litigation lawyer represented Defendants who were sued by Plaintiff on seeking a declaratory judgment relating to coverage.<br> <br> <br> On April 4, 2015, Michael Scobee, a resident of Missouri, was riding his motorcycle when he was struck by an automobile driven by William C. Norris, who was a resident of Kentucky at the time of the collision. Mr. Scobee was seriously i... More...
$0 (08-19-2022 - MO)Earnestine Trevino Decasual-Smith v. The Territory of Missouri, d/b/a Laurwen Mann, et al.
St. Louis, Missouri plaintiff, sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory claiming more than $75,000 in damages.<br> <br> On November 2, 2021, Plaintiffs filed a Complaint in this Court against Defendants for "trespass, wrongful eviction, slander, libel and the intentional infliction of emotional distress.†Plaintiffs asserted four counts against Defendants: (1) Unlawful Trespas... More...
$0 (06-07-2022 - MO)Michael Reddick v. Spring Lake Estates Homeowner's Association, Melvin Dockins, and Acuity, a Mutual Insurance Company
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> St. Louis, MO - Wrongful Death lawyer represented Appellant with filing a wrongful death lawsuit. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Appellant Michael Reddick ("Reddickâ€) brought a wrongful death lawsuit against his <br> parents, Jesse and Pat Reddick ("the Reddicksâ€), and their neighbor, Roger McCullough<br> ("McCullou... More...
$0 (06-04-2022 - MO)Thomas Yuncker and Christopher Gutierrez vs. Dodds Logistics, LLC and Keith Dodds; Zurich American Insurance Company
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> St. Louis, MO - Personal Injury lawyer represented Appellants with seeking a declaration that it was not liable for damages claim. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Zurich American Insurance Co. (Zurich) appeals a Jackson County Circuit Court <br> judgment confirming an arbitration award that found Mr. Keith Dodds and Dodds <br> L... More...
$0 (06-03-2022 - MO)AMBER HALE, f/k/a AMBER KOESTER vs. BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Kansas City, MO - Personal Injury lawyer represented Appellant with a Personal Injury suit against BNSF Railway Company ("BNSFâ€).. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> The collision between Hale's vehicle and the train occurred at Crossing #667633J ("the <br> South Iron Mountain Road Crossingâ€) in Webster County, Missouri, o... More...
$0 (02-15-2022 - MO)Ronald Williams vs. City of Kansas City, Missouri
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Kansas City, MO - Human Rights Act lawyer represented defendant with appealing a judgment for compensatory and punitive damages. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> <br> In this consolidated appeal, the City of Kansas City, Missouri ("Cityâ€), appeals from the <br> judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri... More...
$0 (02-14-2022 - MO)Nancy Fischer v. Marcus Fusco and State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co.
Hermitage, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an auto negligence theory.<br> <br> State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farmâ€), which intervened in the underlying tort action brought by Nancy Fisher ("Plaintiffâ€) against Marcus Fusco ("Defendantâ€), appeals a Rule 74.01(b) "Judgment and Order†denying its motion seek... More...
$0 (01-18-2022 - MO)United States of America v. Cortrell Ramey
<center><h2><font color="red"> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with an unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Cortrell Ramey pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a<br> previously convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At sentencing, the<br> district court incr... More...
$0 (01-14-2022 - MO)United States of America v. William Ike Libby, Jr.
<center><h2><font color="red"> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Armed Career Criminal Act. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> A. Standard of Review<br> <br> We review de novo whether a prior conviction is a predicate offense felony <br> for the purposes of the ACCA, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). United States v. Shockley, 816 <br> F.3d 1058, 106... More...
$0 (01-12-2022 - MO)Ash-har Quraishi; Marla Cichowski; Sam Winslade v. Deputy Michael Anderson, St. Charles County, Missouri
<center><h2><font color="red"> St. Louis, Missouri Civil Rights lawyer represented plaintiff, who sued defendants on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights violation theory.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On August 9, 2014, amid public unrest and protests, St. Louis County <br> requested assistance from the St. Charles County Regional SWAT Team. Anderson <br> was a member of the SWAT Team. <br>... More...
$0 (01-12-2022 - MO)United States of America v. Brent Daigle <font color="red"><h3>Child Sexual Predator </h3></font>
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with three counts of sexual exploitation of minors and one count of possession of materials nvolving sexual exploitation of minors charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On November 9, 2015, Daigle's wife, Celetra, reported to Griggs County<br> Sheriff Robert Hook that she believed her twe... More...
$0 (12-13-2021 - MO)United States of America v. Kison Robertson
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with <br> assault with dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury and discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 30, 2017, Robertson, Urva Quick Bear, Sr., and Urva Quick Bear,<br> Jr. entered into a... More...
$0 (12-12-2021 - MO)Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation d/b/a Canadian Pacific v. U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Federal Railroad Safety Act lawyer represented Petitioner with petitioning for review of a final decision of the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board ("ARBâ€). </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> At 2:00 a.m. on July 5, 2012, a unit train consisting of three locomotives and<br> eighty one cars loaded with ethanol arrived a... More...
$0 (12-12-2021 - MO)Quinn Bass v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Federal Tort Claims Act lawyer represented Plaintiffs - Appellants with appealing the district court's1 dismissal of their Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. . </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Quinn Bass, LaToya Garcia, Phynice Kelley, and minors M. B. and T. B.--<br> through their mother and n... More...
$0 (11-16-2021 - MO)CRST Expedited, Inc. v. Swift Transportation Company of Arizona, LLC
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis - Transportation lawyer represented Plaintiff - Appellant/Cross Appellee with alleging Swift wrongfully recruited and hired long-haul truck drivers who were "under contract†with CRST. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> CRST and Swift are competing long-haul trucking companies, an industry that<br> suffers from a persistent shortage of dri... More...
$0 (10-29-2021 - MO)Twyla Mcelree v. City of Cedar Rapids
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with asserting violations of various federal and state law under the United States Constitution, the Iowa Constitution, and Iowa tort law charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In October 2015, Investigators Brandon Boesenberg and Bryson Garringer <br> were conducting surveillance in a Wal... More...
$0 (10-01-2021 - MO)United States of America v. TYRONNE POLLARD, JR.
<center><h2><font color="red"><center>St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a gun as a felon charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In December 2017, Pollard was indicted for possessing a <br> gun as a felon. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). As the crime <br> implies, this was not Pollard's first offense. Over the last <br> twenty years, he was convic... More...
$0 (09-03-2021 - MO)Cassondra Suzeth King; Susan Christine Mullen v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawyer represented Plaintiffs - Appellants with a lack of subject-matter jurisdiction claim. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 24, 2017, Rosemarie Ismail, a 69-year-old veteran of the U.S. armed<br> forces, went to the John Cochran Division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<br> (VA) St. Lou... More...
$0 (08-07-2021 - MO)United States of America v. Lucas Montagne
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a producing child pornography charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On June 26, 2019, Montagne was indicted on eight charges, each dealing with<br> a sex offense involving a minor. The indictment also included a special allegation that<br> Montagne had multiple convictions for sexuall... More...
$0 (08-05-2021 - MO)Matthew Staszak v. United States
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff - Appellant with appealing the district court's adverse judgment in his action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Federal inmate Matthew Staszak appeals the district court's1<br> adverse judgment<br> in his action under the Federal Tort Claims ... More...
$0 (08-05-2021 - MO)United States of America v. David Clark
<center><h2><font color="red"> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a one count of bank robbery charge. </h2></font></b></i></center> <br> <br> Following a bench trial in 2016, Clark was convicted of one count of bank <br> robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and sentenced to 60 months <br> imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release.2<br> Clark began ... More...
$0 (08-04-2021 - MO)Scott T. Richardson v. BNSF Railway Company
<center><h2><font color="red"> St. Louis, MO - Wrongful discharge lawyer represented appellant with a constructive discharge <br> and intentional infliction of emotional distress under Nebraska law claim.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Richardson's complaint alleged the following facts. In 2015, after eighteen <br> years of employment with BNSF, Richardson received a new supervisor. Shortly... More...
$0 (08-02-2021 - MO)Cassondra Suzeth King; Susan Christine Mullen v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"> St. Louis, MO - Wrongful death lawyer represented plaintiffs with the VA Hospital negligently caused Ismail's death by failing to properly perform the liver biopsy and by failing to detect the hematoma. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 24, 2017, Rosemarie Ismail, a 69-year-old veteran of the U.S. armed<br> forces, went to the John Cochran Division of ... More...
$0 (08-01-2021 - MO)Alticor, Inc. v. Yield Nation, LLC
St. Louis, Missouri intellectual property lawyer represented Plaintiff which sued defendant on a trademark infringement theory under 15 U.S.C. 1125, which provides:<br> <br> §1125. False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden<br> (a) Civil action<br> <br> (1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce... More...
$0 (06-15-2021 - MO)Steven Earl v. State of Missouri
<center><h2><font color="red"> St. Louis, Missouri - Criminal defense attorney represented Steven Earl with first-degree child molestation and three counts of third-degree assault charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Movant was convicted of one count of first-degree child molestation and three counts of <br> third-degree assault after a jury trial. The trial court sentenced Movant, as ... More...
$0 (05-26-2021 - MO)Jamel Yates v. State of Missouri
<center><h2><font color="red"> Saint Louis, MO - Criminal defense attorney represented Jamel Yates with appealing the judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion without an evidentiary hearing.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> This case began with an apparent attempted robbery in which Movant and an alleged <br> unknown accomplice shot at four individuals. Movant was charged with: (1) first-degree... More...
$0 (04-23-2021 - MO)TOMMY MORPHIS vs. BASS PRO GROUP, LLC, TRACKER MARINE, LLC and KEN BURROUGHS
<center><h2><font color="red"> Springfield, Mo - Employment contract attorney represented Tommy Morphis with <i> suing Bass Pro Group, Tracker Marine, and Ken Burroughs alleging they failed in a promise to create an incentive plan to increase Morphis's compensation by $400,000 per year for three years.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> Morphis first filed suit in 2010, eventually amending... More...
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