Missouri Attorneys Volunteer Time in Jefferson City as Part of Access to Courtrooms Debate

Missouri attorneys spoke in Jefferson City this week, as active participants in the fight to preserve the state’s access to the civil justice system. Langdon & Emison Partner Brett Emison, as president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, spoke to legislators in February on issues pertaining to a Statute of Repose bill which would limit Missourians’ ability to sue manufacturers of defective products, and would allow foreign manufacturers to sidestep liability.

A couple recent links to stories in the media dedicated to the topic:

The daughter of a man killed when a duck boat sank on Table Rock Lake in 2018 testified she couldn’t have sued the boat’s operators under a tort reform proposal in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Joplin Globe story about citizens taking a stand against the proposed ‘statute of repose’