Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 28 Jun 2022
As part of a movement toward deregulation of several industries, Congress, via the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, partially preempted state regulatory…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 27 Jun 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has regularly stated that arbitration agreements subject to the Federal Arbitration Act should not have special rules above…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 22 Jun 2022
In Worth v. Roden, the Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeals, held that that when a timely motion for change of judge under Missouri Supreme…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 6 Jun 2022
On May 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a new comprehensive “technical assessment” document to aid employers with…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 25 May 2022
At issue before the Missouri Supreme Court was whether a party’s assertion of an “assumption of the risk” affirmative defense…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 19 May 2022
The State of Missouri allows for prejudgment interest in breach of contract cases, as well as other types of claims. In breach of contract cases…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 16 May 2022
Missouri insurers can breathe a sigh of relief as the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, finds an insured’s fraudulent conduct precludes…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 5 May 2022
An effective tool in attempting to limit recovery and the scope of discovery in Illinois may be gone. In McQueen v. Green, a tractor-trailer accident…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 3 May 2022
At five years, Missouri currently has one of the longest personal injury statute of limitations of any state. In fact, only two states, Maine and…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 27 Apr 2022
Driving on I-70 heading west from East St. Louis, Illinois, one crosses the Mississippi River into Missouri, and about 250 miles later, crosses the…