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Recent medical malpractice statistics suggest a dip in insurance case filings, fueling more debate and prompting opponents of medical malpractice caps to develop controversial interpretations. “The downward trend of cases and claims is significant,” Sally Heller, president of the Missouri ...

As the second anniversary of the worst building disaster in history approaches, construction professionals continue their efforts to identify structurally what happened to the World Trade Center twin towers when they came under terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Their ...

It is difficult to guess what the employment picture will produce. Observers contend the worst could be over following an economic slump that led to massive corporate downsizing and outbreaks of job losses during the past two years. Some even ...

Dunn Industrial Group and LaFarge Corp. must attempt arbitration to resolve their $66 million contract suit, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled last week. The Court overturned the ruling by the Jackson County Circuit Court that allowed Dunn to pursue its ...

Missouri Supreme Court Rule 29.16, which provides for the appointment of counsel in post-conviction efforts to set aside death sentences, does not comply fully with the federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 because the state rule fails ...

Members of the National Realtors Association, and their related state chapters, are promoting a first-ever Realtor Safety Week, September 14-20. Noting the frequent contact those on the sales end of the real estate industry have with strangers, in both public ...

The Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri denied the majority of points in cross-appeals from two parties concerning modifications to child support in their divorce agreement. In the case Linda Elizabeth Smith v. Kirby Lynn White, Smith ...

Fifteen years ago, the suburban Boston town of Marshfield, Mass., banned freestanding video games like Pac Man much to the dismay of local merchants. The beach town that now has a population of 25,000 in the winter and 40,000 in ...

An Arkansas company will have another opportunity to defend itself against U.S. government claims that it “knowingly assisted” a defense contractor to commit fraud against the government. On Wednesday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision by ...

After spending 32 years with the probate division of the 16th Circuit Court, Chief Division Clerk Beverly Kennedy decided she is going to take time for her life. Kennedy will resign her post as of September 1, 2003 in order ...

The execution of juveniles is an unconstitutional violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, the Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday in a divided opinion, setting aside the death sentence of a man who was 17 when ...