In an opinion handed down on February 3, 2022 (24 F.4th 1212), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a class action complaint filed against a major casualty insurance company represented by Dowd Bennett. The plaintiff, a business covered by a commercial insurance policy issued by the…
On November 1, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a class certification order that had been entered in Multi District Litigation proceedings involving a Dowd Bennett manufacturing company client. The district court had certified a nationwide class of plaintiffs challenging the advertising for…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently decided Engelhardt v. Qwest Corporation, affirming the summary judgment awarded to a subsidiary of CenturyLink on claims brought by a former employee. While employed by Qwest, the plaintiff had participated in a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit…
Story by Cara Salvatore of Law360 2017.12.19 Law360 Article – 8th Circ. Sets Up Do-Over In Massive Malfeasance Suit
On Thursday, August 17, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed in part the largest plaintiffs’ win in Missouri in 2015, and remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings. The case, Jo Ann Howard and Associates, et al. v. National City Bank,…
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