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It was the case of the juror who changed her mind – and a judge who did so as well. Within minutes of discharging a jury in a personal injury case, St. Louis Circuit Judge Lisa Van Amburg declared a ...

A former employee of Verizon Maryland was not protected by federal law from being fired for hostile behavior related to her bipolar disorder, a federal appellate court affirmed this week. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that plaintiffs ...

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction permitting the United Mine Workers of America to participate in the investigation of a deadly mine explosion at West Virginia’s Sago Mine. Among other things, operator Wolf Run Mining ...

Judge Marco Roldan planned his summer vacation five weeks ago. For 2007. The Jackson County 16th Circuit judge said more complicated and longer trials made it difficult for judges to schedule downtime. “Society has become more sophisticated,” he said. DNA ...

A Jackson County jury awarded a woman $147,150 for the complications she suffered from pulled wisdom teeth. The plaintiff, Keithshon McGee, underwent four surgeries after she suffered a severe infection and abscesses in her head and neck following the removal ...

An elderly woman who fell in the entryway at a Hy-Vee in Belton received a verdict of $212,400 from a Jackson County jury. Doris Kesler Ferguson was 73 when she broke her right femur while entering the store Feb. 23, ...

A mother can’t sue for the wrongful death of her son after he had already settled the wrong, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. David Stern fixed the negligence dispute with his doctors when he settled for $875,000 ...

What would a woman do without her handbag or purse? This is what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit noted in a trademark infringement case involving Louis Vuitton handbags when it wrote: “We cannot help but observe ...

Having filed legislation to promote “the financial integrity” of public charities in Massachusetts, the Attorney General’s Office is beaming a spotlight on potentially problematic financial practices at those organizations and indirectly on the responsibilities of lawyers who represent them. Assistant ...

It’s a rare occurrence for a law firm to be sold. A rule slightly more than a decade old allows attorneys in Missouri sell or purchase firms. And before Rule 4-1.17 of the Missouri Supreme Court, the only time a ...

Sharon S. Townsend and John M. Curran, 8th Judicial District administrative judges, have announced the implementation of the district’s fully-integrated “courtroom of the future.” Curran’s courtroom, Part 4 in Buffalo, N.Y., has been outfitted with an array of modern media ...