Thread by @ReclaimTheRecs

🚨 MISSOURI NEWS 🚨
As y'all may know, we at RTR recently won a HUGE LEGAL SMACKDOWN against @HealthyLivingMo. We won millions of records, our attorneys fees, and even $12,000 in fines for four separate instances of the state knowingly and purposely violating the law.

BUT...!
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We just found out that Missouri DHSS is appealing our win.

They're apparently NOT appealing that we won the records. (Phew!)

They're not even appealing the fines.

But they ARE appealing our attorneys fees award, because they're very sad about our lawyers' hourly rate. 😂
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So, at our deservedly-high-price attorneys' request, we just called up the vital records department at @HealthyLivingMo yet again, and left yet another phone message asking them to PLEASE JUST SEND US THE RECORDS ALREADY, since they don't seem to be at issue in this appeal.
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With any luck, they'll finally call us back and tell us how we can pay for them (check? credit card?), and send them soon.

And then we can all use them, search them, and even download them -- even while this issue of the hourly rate continues to get argued about in court.
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And in case you were wondering, if the state of Missouri loses this appeal about our lawyers' hourly rate, they will then also probably have to pay for the extra hours they spent arguing about it.

In other words, MOAAAR BILLABLE HOURS!

And more taxpayer money wasted. *sigh*
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Anyway, we just want those records already, and it looks like we might finally be closer to getting them.

Hey, it only took the the state of Missouri five years to turn them over, so far. What's waiting a few more days? 🙂
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