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60 opinions on record in the Ott Law Missouri courts archive across authorship, concurrence, dissenting, and trial-court roles.

Trial Court Opinions
60

Trial Court Opinions

60 opinions

Phillip Weeks, Appellant, vs. City of St. Louis, Respondent.(2025)

Supreme Court of MissouriNovember 4, 2025#SC101018

affirmed
employmentmajority1,936 words

Phillip Weeks, Appellant, vs. City of St. Louis, Respondent.(2025)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJanuary 28, 2025#ED112624

affirmed
employmentmajority3,578 words

Rachel Sender, Appellant, v. City of St. Louis, Respondent(2024)

Supreme Court of MissouriJanuary 9, 2024#SC100110

affirmed
personal-injurymajority2,434 words

STL Riverview Plaza LLC, Appellant, v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Respondent.(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictDecember 19, 2023#ED111671

affirmed
real-estatemajority4,415 words

J.M.L., Respondent, vs. Missouri State Highway Patrol, et al., Appellant.(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictSeptember 19, 2023#ED110665

affirmed
othermajority1,415 words

Julius Copeland, Appellant, v. WRBM, LLC, d/b/a Western Rivers Boat Management, Inc., Respondent.(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJuly 25, 2023#ED111141

affirmed
personal-injurymajority4,829 words

Rachel Sender, Appellant, v. City of St. Louis, Respondent.(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictApril 18, 2023#ED110898

affirmed
personal-injurymajority3,329 words

Dustin M. Bray, et al., Appellant, vs. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., and Envoy Mortgage, LP, et al., Respondents.(2022)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictOctober 18, 2022#ED110570

affirmed
personal-injurymajority4,815 words

Luke Reynolds, Plaintiff, vs. Samuel Berger, and TMF Holdings, LLC, Defendants, Left Hand Productions, Inc., Appellant, 816 Geyer, LLC, Intervenor, and Dresden Capital Management, LLC, Respondent.(2022)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJuly 26, 2022#ED109902

remanded
personal-injurymajority3,118 words

Elizabeth Smith, Appellant, vs. City of St. Louis, Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictSeptember 14, 2021#ED109423

affirmed
constitutionalmajority4,057 words

State of Missouri ex rel. Kilroy Was Here, LLC, et al., Relators, vs. The Honorable Joan L. Moriarty, Circuit Judge, Twenty-Second Circuit Court of Saint Louis, Missouri, Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictAugust 31, 2021#ED109351

affirmed
insurancememorandum5,128 words

Edward Walker, Movant/Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent/Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJuly 6, 2021#ED109158

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority1,129 words

Michael Holmes, Respondent, vs. Sarah Steelman and Eric Schmitt, Appellants.(2021)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 15, 2021#SC97983

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority7,660 words

James Purk, Plaintiff, and Loretta Purk, Respondent, v. Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., Appellant, and Christopher Wilson, Defendant.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMay 25, 2021#ED109191

remanded
personal-injurymajority5,278 words

Shayna Veazie-Gallant, Respondent, v. Deryl Brown, Jr., Defendant, and Amani Investments LLC, Appellant.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 23, 2021#ED109037

affirmed
personal-injurymajority6,291 words

Melinda S. Wille, Appellant, v. The Curators of the University of Missouri, Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 23, 2021#ED109082

affirmed
personal-injurymajority5,004 words

State of Missouri ex rel., Kimberly Gardner, in her capacity as the Circuit Attorney for the City of St. Louis, Appellant, vs. Gerard T. Carmody, in his special capacity as Special Prosecutor, Respondent.(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictDecember 1, 2020#ED108380

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority4,334 words

State ex rel. Vacation Management Solutions, LLC, Relator, vs. The Honorable Joan L. Moriarty, Respondent.(2020)

Supreme Court of MissouriNovember 24, 2020#SC98323

dismissed
real-estatemajority1,223 words

E.M. By and Through her Mother and Next Friend, Melanee McInnis, Appellant, vs. Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association, St. Louis Public Schools, Michael Holloman, and John Doe and/or Jane Doe, Defendants, and Tameka Wiggins, Respondent/Cross-Appellant.(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictApril 21, 2020#ED108227

affirmed
personal-injurymajority4,697 words

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Respondent, vs. Wilma Pennington-Thurman, Appellant.(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictApril 14, 2020#ED107853

remanded
real-estatemajority1,216 words

Latronya Adams, Appellant/Cross-Respondent, vs. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, Subscribing to Certificate No. L, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, Plaza Banquet Center, Inc. d/b/a Lights on Broadway Plaza Grill and Eric Galloway, Appellants, and P & B Real Estate, LLC and Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Respondents.(2019)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJuly 16, 2019#CL004029

affirmed
personal-injurymajority11,085 words

R.H., Appellant, vs. Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Records Repository, et al., Respondents.(2019)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJuly 9, 2019#ED107362

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority3,261 words

Michael Holmes, Respondent, vs. Doug Nelson, et al., Appellants.(2019)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMay 14, 2019#ED106799

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority3,264 words

State ex rel. HeplerBroom, LLC, and Glenn E. Davis, Relators, vs. The Honorable Joan L. Moriarty, Respondent.(2019)

Supreme Court of MissouriJanuary 29, 2019#SC97200

dismissed
personal-injurymajority2,147 words

Zoological Park Subdistrict of the Metropolitan Park Museum District, Respondent, v. Jeffry K. Smith, Appellant.(2018)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictNovember 6, 2018#ED105784

affirmed
personal-injurymajority2,953 words

John Esser, Respondent, vs. Anheuser-Busch, LLC, Appellant.(2018)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictOctober 30, 2018#ED106504

affirmed
employmentmemorandum3,201 words

New Live Evangelistic Center, Appellant/Cross-Respondent, vs. City of St. Louis, et al., Respondents, and Confluence Academy, Inc., Respondent/Cross-Appellant.(2018)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictSeptember 25, 2018#ED105737

affirmed
administrativemajority14,099 words

Mary Spencer, et al., Appellant, vs. Hartford Casualty, et al., Respondent.(2018)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictSeptember 25, 2018#ED106337

affirmed
insurancemajority2,094 words

Judith Britton, Appellant, vs. City of St. Louis, Respondent.(2018)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMay 22, 2018#ED105973

reversed
personal-injurymajority1,507 words

June LaBarbera, Surviving Mother of Allison Garcia, Deceased, Appellant, vs. John Malec, Defendant Ad Litem For Eleanora G. Pacanowski, Deceased.(2018)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 6, 2018#ED105453

affirmed
personal-injurymajority3,252 words

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