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The appellate court affirmed the grant of summary judgment, finding no genuine issue of material fact and that the moving party was entitled to judgment as a matter of law.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"real-estate","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=232374","wordCount":1904,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/paul-metzger-and-jacqueline-metzger-respondents-v-wayne-morelock-and-kath-d38930","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=232374"},{"id":"9a1eb16d-5471-53da-b68b-9ea0ef8cdc59","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-james-mcgregory-appellant-113080","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, v. 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The court affirmed the convictions but modified the CVC judgment amount, finding the trial court entered a judgment in excess of that authorized by law.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"criminal-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=232294","wordCount":3374,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-james-mcgregory-appellant-113080","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=232294"},{"id":"a8ee5891-ab55-58e3-98e0-42e18c2cbd32","slug":"ljf-v-jfg-d87987","caseName":"L.J.F.\nvs.\nJ.F.G.","caseNumber":"WD87987","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2026-03-10","year":2026,"summary":"The court affirmed the circuit court's renewal of a full order of protection against Father, which was made effective for his lifetime. The order prohibits Father from communicating with or coming within 100 feet of Mother, except for communications concerning their shared child, based on findings that Father engaged in stalking, harassment, and coercion that posed a serious danger to Mother's physical or mental health.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"family-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=232076","wordCount":4882,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/ljf-v-jfg-d87987","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=232076"},{"id":"e0998356-8d04-5a61-9bed-d11d787fb2db","slug":"kevin-rosenbohm-trustee-of-the-kevin-and-michele-rosenbohm-family-trust-d-d87720","caseName":"Kevin Rosenbohm, Trustee of the Kevin and Michele Rosenbohm Family Trust Dated July 1, 2011 and Matt Rosenbohm and Nick Rosenbohm\nvs.\nGregory Stiens, and Gregory Stiens, Trustee of the Anthony Stiens Trust","caseNumber":"WD87720","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2026-03-03","year":2026,"summary":"The court affirmed the circuit court's judgment in favor of the Rosenbohms on their adverse possession and trespass claims against Stiens regarding disputed tracts of property in Nodaway County. The court rejected Stiens's arguments regarding excluded evidence, cross-examination, jury instructions on permissive use defense, and remanded the case for the court to amend the judgment with precise legal descriptions of the disputed property.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"real-estate","opinionType":"majority","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231933","wordCount":3613,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/kevin-rosenbohm-trustee-of-the-kevin-and-michele-rosenbohm-family-trust-d-d87720","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231933"},{"id":"670663c4-9eab-5a09-b049-8f2c1ba37585","slug":"john-doe-jane-doe-jan-doe-janet-doe-and-judy-doe-individually-and-on-beha-d87830","caseName":"John Doe, Jane Doe, Jan Doe, Janet Doe, and Judy Doe, Individually and On Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated\nvs.\nMeritas Health Corporation and Board of Trustees of North Kansas City Hospital","caseNumber":"WD87830","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2026-03-03","year":2026,"summary":"The court reversed the circuit court's grant of sovereign immunity dismissal, finding that plaintiffs' common-law claims against the hospital board could proceed. However, the court affirmed dismissal of statutory claims for computer tampering and identity theft, and remanded the case for further proceedings on the remaining claims.","outcome":"remanded","practiceArea":"other","opinionType":"majority","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231934","wordCount":12101,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/john-doe-jane-doe-jan-doe-janet-doe-and-judy-doe-individually-and-on-beha-d87830","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231934"},{"id":"f42d16a4-830c-5966-b1f7-cb4be213a97f","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-russell-kenneth-clancy-appellant-d38782","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent\nv.\nRUSSELL KENNETH CLANCY, Appellant","caseNumber":"SD38782","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2026-02-25","year":2026,"summary":"The court affirmed Clancy's conviction for second-degree assault against a special victim after a jury trial. The evidence was sufficient to prove that Clancy punched an elderly civilian in the face and struck a police officer during an altercation at a laundromat, supporting the conviction under Missouri statute § 565.052.3.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"criminal-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231853","wordCount":1516,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-russell-kenneth-clancy-appellant-d38782","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231853"},{"id":"42131c82-98bc-58fc-8c38-ad998c0cdaad","slug":"kathryn-torre-stewart-appellantplaintiff-v-the-washington-university-st-l-113602","caseName":"Kathryn Torre-Stewart, Appellant/Plaintiff, v. The Washington University-St. Louis, Respondent/Defendant.","caseNumber":"ED113602","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2026-02-24","year":2026,"summary":"The court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff's disability discrimination and hostile work environment claims under the Missouri Human Rights Act because she failed to plead facts demonstrating legal disability or a hostile work environment based on disability. However, the court reversed and remanded the retaliation claim, finding that plaintiff alleged sufficient facts establishing the elements of retaliation under the Act based on her complaints of disability discrimination.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"employment","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231417","wordCount":7351,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/kathryn-torre-stewart-appellantplaintiff-v-the-washington-university-st-l-113602","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231417"},{"id":"1179f428-c8b5-526a-9ec3-046c64e80091","slug":"in-re-the-matter-of-alp-and-shp-minors-alicia-smith-respondent-v-lora-mar-101121","caseName":"In re the matter of: A.L.P. and S.H.P., minors; Alicia Smith, Respondent, vs. Lora Martinez, Appellant.","caseNumber":"SC101121","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2026-02-24","year":2026,"summary":"The Missouri Supreme Court reversed the circuit court's grant of third-party visitation to Smith under section 452.375.5(5)(a), holding that this statute does not create an independent cause of action for third-party visitation when custody is not at issue. The court determined that Smith lacked standing to seek visitation rights after Martinez was granted full parental rights through adoption.","outcome":"reversed","practiceArea":"family-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231454","wordCount":3296,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/in-re-the-matter-of-alp-and-shp-minors-alicia-smith-respondent-v-lora-mar-101121","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231454"},{"id":"53f50252-917c-5803-bde2-1ddc31e44d0a","slug":"in-re-the-marriage-of-stacey-l-noble-v-bradford-r-noble-d87485","caseName":"In re the Marriage of: Stacey L. Noble\nvs. \nBradford R. Noble","caseNumber":"WD87485","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2026-02-24","year":2026,"summary":"Wife appealed the trial court's dissolution judgment, challenging the court's failure to provide a remedy after independent investigation of facts, the use of normalized income to determine husband's maintenance obligation, and the finding that husband lacked ability to pay maintenance. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment in all respects.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"family-law","opinionType":"majority","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231274","wordCount":8056,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/in-re-the-marriage-of-stacey-l-noble-v-bradford-r-noble-d87485","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231274"},{"id":"48e594d4-de4b-58d8-b1ec-42b01ba8dee9","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-james-willis-peters-appellant-101218","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. James Willis Peters, Appellant.","caseNumber":"SC101218","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2026-02-24","year":2026,"summary":"James Willis Peters appealed his conviction for driving while intoxicated as a chronic offender, challenging whether the state proved beyond a reasonable doubt that all four of his prior offenses were intoxication-related traffic offenses. The court found the state failed to sufficiently prove his 2002 offense was an IRTO and therefore vacated the judgment and remanded for resentencing.","outcome":"remanded","practiceArea":"criminal-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231453","wordCount":3993,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-james-willis-peters-appellant-101218","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231453"},{"id":"205e275f-5c24-5dfd-b38f-6c1079796a88","slug":"christopher-hanshaw-appellant-v-crown-equipment-corp-et-al-respondents-101091","caseName":"Christopher Hanshaw, Appellant, vs. Crown Equipment Corp., et al., Respondents.","caseNumber":"SC101091","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2026-02-24","year":2026,"summary":"The court affirmed the circuit court's decision to exclude Hanshaw's expert witness testimony and grant summary judgment to Crown Equipment in a product liability case involving an allegedly defectively designed forklift. The expert's opinions were properly excluded because they were not supported by reliable methodology, as the expert performed no tests and failed to demonstrate how cited research and data supported his conclusions.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"personal-injury","opinionType":"majority","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231455","wordCount":2703,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/christopher-hanshaw-appellant-v-crown-equipment-corp-et-al-respondents-101091","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231455"},{"id":"d93ee86c-ba6f-5fc9-937d-0965c6252917","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-gerald-r-nytes-appellant-113261","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Gerald R. 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The court affirmed, finding sufficient evidence of notice based on Nytes's presence at the contested order of protection hearing and his subsequent violation through phone calls made from jail to the protected party.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"criminal-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231041","wordCount":1603,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-gerald-r-nytes-appellant-113261","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231041"},{"id":"4a907936-c5a1-5441-8ec9-edce2518f829","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-deandre-d-walton-appellant-112976","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Deandre D. 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The appellate court affirmed the convictions, finding no error in the trial court's denial of the suppression motion.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"criminal-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231035","wordCount":1670,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-deandre-d-walton-appellant-112976","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231035"},{"id":"ca60c553-a3e7-54bd-8b3f-141be5118385","slug":"state-of-missouri-respondent-v-elizabeth-m-speer-appellant-113172","caseName":"State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Elizabeth M. 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Although the defendant did not preserve the issue by objecting at trial, the court found the error must be reviewed because the failure to conduct a proper Faretta hearing is a constitutional violation that cannot be waived.","outcome":"reversed","practiceArea":"criminal-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231038","wordCount":4420,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-respondent-v-elizabeth-m-speer-appellant-113172","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=231038"},{"id":"e4a57fae-8094-567f-863a-75f192cf3669","slug":"daniel-t-williams-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-113233","caseName":"Daniel T. Williams, Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent.","caseNumber":"ED113233","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2026-02-10","year":2026,"summary":"The court affirmed the denial of post-conviction relief where appellant claimed ineffective assistance of counsel for trial counsel's failure to investigate his mental state. The appellant failed to establish how additional mental state information would have aided his defense or satisfied the prejudice requirement for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"criminal-law","opinionType":"majority","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=230835","wordCount":1774,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/daniel-t-williams-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-113233","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=230835"},{"id":"63188eef-feae-5cf6-bb09-a1f9fba94b76","slug":"mdm-appellant-v-aws-respondent-113141","caseName":"M.D.M, Appellant, v. 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The appellate court found that Father failed to meet the required analytical standards for challenging the judgment and that the circuit court properly exercised its discretion in denying the Line 11 credit and ruling against equitable abatement.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"family-law","opinionType":"majority","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=230834","wordCount":3425,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/mdm-appellant-v-aws-respondent-113141","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=230834"},{"id":"c07b96f9-e129-5551-baaf-1204638e366b","slug":"derrie-s-williams-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-113255","caseName":"Derrie S. Williams, Appellant, v. 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The court affirmed the motion court's judgment denying post-conviction relief, finding that the motion court's findings of fact and conclusions of law were not clearly erroneous.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"criminal-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=230836","wordCount":2066,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/derrie-s-williams-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-113255","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=230836"},{"id":"61e9a65d-bab3-54ea-8990-671bdf26d4a8","slug":"carl-cameron-ferguson-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d38798","caseName":"CARL CAMERON FERGUSON, Appellant\nv.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent","caseNumber":"SD38798","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2026-02-03","year":2026,"summary":"The appellate court affirmed the trial court's denial of post-conviction relief, finding that Ferguson failed to establish ineffective assistance of counsel for trial counsel's failure to call witnesses in his favor. The court concluded that Ferguson did not proffer the names of any viable defense witnesses and that witness selection constitutes trial strategy.","outcome":"affirmed","practiceArea":"criminal-law","opinionType":"per_curiam","source":"courts_mo_gov","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=230654","wordCount":1801,"detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/carl-cameron-ferguson-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d38798","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=230654"},{"id":"555ef382-cca7-5f10-96c2-654114bfe75d","slug":"arthur-f-daume-jr-and-gayle-c-daume-appellants-v-thomas-szepanksi-et-al-r-113073","caseName":"Arthur F. Daume, Jr., and Gayle C. Daume, Appellants, v. Thomas Szepanksi, et al., Respondents.","caseNumber":"ED113073","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2026-02-03","year":2026,"summary":"In this quiet title appeal, the court reversed the trial court's interpretation of an easement deed that the Daumes held over a private roadway. 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