A St. Louis Circuit Court jury has awarded a former police officer for the City of St. Louis a $7.5 million judgment in the sexual harassment suit she filed after experiencing retaliation for filing a complaint with the department in
Although head-on collisions in Missouri are some of the worst traffic accidents, crashes that are nearly head-on can do extensive damage and result in serious injuries as well. Many head-on collisions are caused by a wrong way driver, which is
Almost three years after the suicide of a former Missouri University student and alleged sexual assault by one or more of the school’s football players, there is still much confusion regarding the university’s official policies on sexual harassment and discrimination
Motorcycle accidents in Missouri can be some of the worst crashes on the road. They often end in serious head injuries and spinal cord injuries due to the fact that motorcyclists are not secure inside a body of metal, as
Salaried workers in the United States will benefit from President Obama’s proposed updated regulations that will end the ban on salaried workers earning overtime pay. The president plans to use his executive authority to bypass an intransigent Congress to raise
In 2012 the Supreme Court of Missouri declared the state’s $350,000 cap of jury awards for “pain and suffering” in medical malpractice cases unconstitutional, saying the law violates a patient’s right to a jury trial. The Court held that constitutionally
A former employee of the St. Louis Rams lost a round in her legal battle against the organization she had accused of both sexual harassment and age discrimination in federal court. The judge presiding over the matter tossed out the
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill emerged victorious in her face-off with her Democratic New York counterpart, Sen, Kirsten Gillibrand, as the Senate recently blocked Gillibrand’s bill, which would have prevented the U. S. military brass from handing sexual assault cases. McCaskill
Apparently, the recent gubernatorial veto of a discriminatory bill passed by Arizona legislators has spawned a similar bill in the Missouri Senate. Republican Sen. Wayne Wallingford of Cape Girardeau recently filed SB 916, which is intended to shield businesses refusing
Last month, a group that included a small business owner, clergymen and workers testified in support of Senate Bill 531 before a Missouri Senate committee. Democratic Senator Jamilah Nasheed of St. Louis introduced the bill to authorize a ballot referendum
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