Mo. Judge Dismisses Couple's Conspiracy and Negligence Claims

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A Missouri circuit court judge has dismissed a couple's conspiracy and negligence claims against 21 welding manufacturers, saying "the mere publication of false information, or the concealment of the truth, however immoral, is not necessarily an unlawful act entailing legal liability." Hunt, et ux. v. Air Products & Chemicals, et al. No. 052-9419 (Mo. 22nd Cir. Ct., St. Louis City).

In his April 20 memorandum and order, Circuit Judge Robert H. Dierker of the 22nd Circuit Court of Missouri, St. Louis City, granted the defendants' motion to dismiss some or all of Leroy and Loretta Hunt's …