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Lawyers presented opening statements Wednesday in a case in which a Kansas City man and his associate are accused of buying distressed properties, selling them to consumers who would normally be unable to buy homes and then reneging on promises ...

A Jackson County jury returned a verdict in favor of Deere & Company on Thursday afternoon on claims that exposure to products under the John Deere brand were linked to a Lee’s Summit man’s cancer. Nine of the 12 jurors ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a Kansas City attorney with a discipline history a one-year suspension, despite a recommendation of probation from the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel and a disciplinary hearing panel. Kenneth J. Geniuk, who ...

A man who sued a Kansas City Police Department officer over allegations the officer violated department policy for Taser use has agreed to a $98,750 settlement with the department. The parties dismissed the case Monday, the day it was set ...

An FBI veteran was named Monday to head the U.S. Border Patrol, a departure from the historical practice of picking someone who has risen through the ranks. Mark Morgan, who briefly led the internal affairs department at the Border Patrol’s parent agency, ...

Opening statements began Tuesday in Independence for a trial involving claims that John Deere failed to properly label and warn against the use of a carcinogen in products the company distributed under its name. The suit was brought in 2013 ...

A Jackson County circuit judge has approved a $7 million wrongful death settlement for a fatal 2015 crash in Independence. Judge Jack Grate entered the judgment and order Friday in the case of Alexa Overman, a Buckner woman who was ...

A judge on Friday ordered Walgreens to pay $309,000 for violating an agreement between the drugstore chain and the state of Missouri over allegedly deceptive pricing, the state’s attorney general said. A Jackson County judge assessed a $1,000 penalty for ...

It only took a Jackson County jury 28 minutes to award a group representing Missouri soybean farmers $602,945 in their case against a company they said failed to disclose seed sales and fully pay royalties. The decision Wednesday wrapped up ...

A man with preexisting hearing loss, who was injured in a work-related accident, was entitled to benefits from the Second Injury Fund, the Missouri Court of Appeals has held. The Western District found that the man’s bilateral hearing loss was ...

The names of two Jackson County probate commissioners and a former deputy county counselor will be sent to the governor for consideration for a circuit judgeship in Division 19. Lisa Noel Gentleman, former managing attorney of Legal Aid of Western ...