DISCLAIMER:  The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office
                        as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
113626P.pdf   02/05/2013  Janet Lundquist  v.  University of SD Sanford
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-3626
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Smith and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Employment Discrimination. Under South Dakota law, the
   University of South Dakota Medical School lacks the capacity to be sued,
   and the district court did not err in granting the school's motion for
   summary judgment.
  
121061P.pdf   02/05/2013  James Trickey  v.  Kaman Industrial Technologies
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1061
                          and No:  12-1277
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Colloton,
   Circuit Judge]
   Civil case - Employment Discrimination. Evidence was sufficient under 
   Missouri law to support an award of punitive damages in this age 
   discrimination case; the $500,000 punitive-damages award did not shock 
   the conscience or demonstrate prejudice and did not violate defendant's 
   due process rights; even assuming challenged statement was hearsay, it 
   was not so prejudicial as to require a new trial; district court applied 
   the proper standard of review when considering defendant's motion for new 
   trial; a Rule 59(e) motion is not the proper mechanism to seek 
   reconsideration of an award of attorneys' fees, and the court did not err 
   in denying the motion.
  
121290P.pdf   02/05/2013  Tanya Bosley  v.  Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1290
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Colloton,
   Circuit Judge]
   Civil case - Family and Medical Leave Act. Plaintiff failed to provide
   adequate evidence for a reasonable jury to find she gave defendant
   adequate notice under the FMLA; plaintiff's failure to comply was not
   excused on the basis of extraordinary circumstances; plaintiff failed to
   make a prima facie case of FMLA retaliation.
  
121975P.pdf   02/05/2013  Susan Reindl  v.  Hartford Life and Accident Ins
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-1975
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Melloy and Smith, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - ERISA. District court did not err in finding plaintiff failed
   to exhaust her administrative remedies as a letter she sent could
   reasonably be construed by the plan administrator as a request for
   documents rather than as a request for an appeal.
  
122305U.pdf   02/05/2013  Thomas Bray  v.  Bank of America
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2305
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Bismarck   
   [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Loken, Melloy and Benton,
   Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Consumer law. Defendant's judgment affirmed without
   comment.
  
126060P.pdf   02/05/2013  Zachary Smith  v.  State of Missouri
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-6060
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri - St. Joseph   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kressel, Author, with Saladino and Nail, Bankruptcy Judges]
   Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. State did not violate the discharge
   injunction when it deducted funds from Smith's inmate account in partial
   satisfaction of the post-petition costs of his confinement for which Smith
   remains liable under the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act.