Latest Missouri Headlines
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Novatae Acquires Missouri-Based Denali Specialty Group
Jul 15 2024 // Novatae Risk Group announced that it has acquired the assets of Denali Specialty Group, LLC of St. Louis, MO on July 1, 2024. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2019, Denali is a full-service insurance...
Missouri Fire Official Dies When Boat He Was in Capsizes During Water Rescue
Jul 10 2024 // COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — An assistant fire chief in central Missouri died early Monday when the boat he was in capsized during a water rescue in a flash flood. The Boone County Fire Protection District said Matthew Tobben...
Missouri Court Sides With Transgender Student in Case
Jul 1 2024 // BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — A $4.2 million verdict that jurors ordered a Missouri school district to pay a transgender student is under consideration again. The Western District Missouri Court of Appeals found that a...
Ex-Staffers of Missouri Boarding School Face Suit Alleging Abuse of Students
Jun 28 2024 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yet another civil lawsuit filed Wednesday against a Missouri Christian boarding school by a former student accuses staffers of forced child labor, physical abuse and tactics aimed at hiding...
Mississippi River Flooding is Pushing People Out of Their Homes, Data Shows
Jun 12 2024 // WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Commerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many once-thriving river towns. But persistent and sometimes devastating flooding has added to the woes of...
Missouri Appeals Court Sides With Transgender Student in Discrimination Case
Jun 11 2024 // BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — A $4.2 million verdict that jurors ordered a Missouri school district to pay a transgender student is under consideration again. The Western District Missouri Court of Appeals found last Tuesday...
Nuclear Verdicts Surge to $14.5 Billion in 2023, Report Shows
Jun 3 2024 // Nuclear verdicts of at least $10 million reached a 15-year high in 2023, while 27 verdicts were “thermonuclear,” or more than $100 million, according to a new study by research firm Marathon Strategies. The...
Latest Texas Storms Bring Damaging Winds, Baseball-Sized Hail
May 30 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and about 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe...
Bayer Plans Renewed Push for Legal Shield Against Cancer-Related Lawsuits
May 24 2024 // After failing in several U.S. states this year, global chemical manufacturer Bayer said Tuesday that it plans to amplify efforts to create a legal shield against a proliferation of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn that...
Missouri Senators to Pay Potential Damages in Chiefs Rally Shooting Defamation Case
May 22 2024 // COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers will have to pay out of their own pockets if they lose defamation cases filed against them for falsely accusing a Kansas man of being one of the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooters...
Advocates Demand Investigation into Missouri Boarding School Abuse Allegations
May 15 2024 // ST. LOUIS (AP) — Advocates for victims of abuse at Missouri boarding schools on Monday urged the state’s attorney general to launch an investigation, work with local prosecutors and take other steps aimed at...
Missouri Roofing Contractor Cited for 21 Violations in Fall Hazard Exposures
May 10 2024 // Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited a Missouri roofing contractor for 21 violations for illegally exposing roof workers — five times in seven weeks — at six Wentzville residential worksites to the dangers of...
Nuclear Verdicts Surge to $14.5 Billion in 2023 – Report
May 10 2024 // Nuclear verdicts of at least $10 million reached a 15-year high in 2023, while 27 verdicts were “thermonuclear,” or more than $100 million, according to a new study by research firm Marathon Strategies. The...
Missouri Supreme Court Strikes Down 2022 Vote on KC Police Funding
May 2 2024 // The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday took the unusual step of striking down a 2022 voter-approved constitutional amendment that required Kansas City to spend a larger percentage of its money on the police department, and...
NC Agent, Missouri Lawyers Convicted in $4M Tax Shelter, Insurance Scheme
Apr 26 2024 // A federal jury on Thursday found a North Carolina insurance agent and two Missouri lawyers guilty on all counts in a $4 million tax evasion scheme that also defrauded an insurance carrier. The jury in Charlotte, said...
Missouri House Backs Legal Shield for Weedkiller Maker Facing Cancer Lawsuits
Apr 26 2024 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The manufacturer of a popular weedkiller won support Wednesday from the Missouri House for a proposal that could shield it from costly lawsuits alleging it failed to warn customers its product...
Bayer Pushes Legislation in Multiple States for Legal Shield Against Lawsuits
Apr 18 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it a legal shield from lawsuits that claim...
St. Louis Residents Seek Compensation for Illnesses Tied to Nuclear Contamination
Apr 8 2024 // Karen Nickel has been dealing with lupus and other illnesses for years, illnesses she blames on childhood exposure to a suburban St. Louis creek where Cold War-era nuclear waste was dumped decades ago. It’s time, she...
Bayer’s $1.5 Billion Roundup Verdict Slashed to $600 Million
Apr 8 2024 // Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit persuaded a Missouri judge to cut almost $1 billion from a $1.5 billion jury verdict that was one of the largest in the six years the company has been fighting thousands of claims that its...
Business Moves
Apr 1 2024 // National Novatae Risk Group, Bretton Woods International Dallas-based Novatae Risk Group is acquiring the Lloyd’s broker Bretton Woods International (BWI) of London. The transaction is subject to applicable...
