A wife will not be receiving maintenance from her husband in dissolution of marriage because she did not present enough evidence of her reasonable needs. In Randy Dean Schlotman, Appellant v. Angela Elizabeth Schlotman, Respondent, the Missouri Court of Appeals ...
Read More »Woman can't file for workers' comp
A woman injured while working at the General Motors plant as a statutory employee cannot bring a workers’ compensation claim against the company because the statute of limitations has run out. The claimant’s attorney promised further appeals in this case. ...
Read More »Changes made to housing package before vote
In an unexpected move, the Missouri Housing Development Commission made detailed changes to preliminary real estate funding packages before offering a final approval vote last Friday in Jefferson City. “Normally our meeting only takes about an hour. I wasn’t expecting ...
Read More »USPS can keep Hallmark contract info. a secret
4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says USPS doesn't have to tell Hallmark competitor terms of contract
Read More »Exclusionary rule does not apply
A circuit court misapplied the law when it invoked the exclusionary rule in a license revocation case, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a reversed decision. This is not the first time the Western District ...
Read More »Breakfast part of KC tradition
Kansas City residents have been attending the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast since 1962 when the city became the first in the nation to hold such an event. As they have for 43 years, residents will gather at the Hyatt Regency Crown ...
Read More »Regulatory fairness bill up again for vote in G.A.
Monday was a big day for small businesses in Missouri. The state House and Senate held a joint press conference at the Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., to discuss the importance of a bill that would directly impact small businesses ...
Read More »'Daily Record' to salute KC's Legal Leaders (1010)
Luncheon set for April 13 at Hyatt Regency to recognize those who go above and beyond the call of duty
Read More »Western District finds manifest injustice in case
A trial court plainly erred in failing to instruct the jury on the definition of “possession” in a criminal case involving the manufacturing of methamphetamine. In State of Missouri, Respondent v. Jason Farris, Appellant a passenger from a car containing ...
Read More »Contempt reversed in lap dance case
A jury should have been asked to decide whether clothed lap dancing was barred by a city zoning ordinance regulating sexually oriented businesses, concluded a unanimous panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, reversing a $68,000 contempt ...
Read More »Malcolm Martin, law firm co-founder, dies
Malcolm Martin, co-founder of the law firm that is now Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, died at age 91. Martin was born in St. Louis on Feb. 21, 1912. He is a 1929 graduate of St. Louis Country Day School and ...
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