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Court Rules Against Employee with Epilepsy
A mammography technician, who has epilepsy, suffered numerous seizures during her work at a hospital. One seizure caused her to fall and resulted in a head wound requiring staples. Two other seizures occurred in the presence of patients receiving mammograms. A patient...
The Surprise Partner in Financing Your New Condominium Home: The Condominium Association
With the recent upswing in the housing market after enduring more than five years of the Great Recession, home buyers looking to buy a condominium have more than the size of their down payment and credit score to worry about. The condominium project and its...
Promises, Promises
The Missouri Court of Appeals recently considered whether an electrical contractor pleaded sufficient facts to establish that a “promise” was made by a general contractor to use the electrical company on a building project for St. Louis County. In its petition, the...
Taxicab Drivers Are Employees Under the Missouri Human Rights Act
The Missouri attorney general recently filed a complaint with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (the "Commission") alleging that a taxicab company discriminated against a taxicab driver in violation of the Missouri Human Rights Act ("MHRA"). Specifically, the...