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A collapsed retaining wall is not an immediate part of a home, but it does affect the use of the home, according to an opinion from the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District. Joseph Hershewe purchased property with ...

Geoff Howe Marketing Communications recently added Kim Fritz as a Senior Account Executive and Justin Brown as Assistant Account Executive to its team.

Jim Boggs – Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, president Lisa Weixelman – Polsinelli, Shalton & Welte, incoming president of MODL Denise Henning – Henning & Bough, MATA Board Randy Scherr – Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Sheila Thiele: Tort reform ...

Tammee E. McVey recently joined the law firm of Bryan Cave as an associate in its Kansas City office. She is a member of the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights Client Service Group.

U.S. Circuit Judge James B. Loken of Minneapolis, Minn., has succeeded Circuit Judge David R. Hansen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. Judge Loken will serve a term of ...

A man who contested the Director of Revenue’s decision denying him a driver’s license must present his own driving record to the court, or request to have it transferred from the agency to the court, in a timely manner. Mark ...

The more specific the language is in a contract provision, the harder it may be to recover fees in a bankruptcy proceeding, according to a ruling by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri. First National Bank ...

A man’s unconditional release from a mental institution was against the evidence presented in trial. The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District reversed the trial court’s ruling, finding it had misapplied the law governing unconditional releases. Scotty J. ...

Teresa L. Brown recently joined Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin as an associate. She will practice in the firm’s Litigation Department. John J. Cruciani has joined Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than a year in January, another sign the state’s economic conditions are starting to improve. The rate fell by four-tenths of a point from the revised December figure ...

Exports rebounded slightly in Missouri last year, as international sales rose by 10.1 percent to nearly $6.8 billion in 2002, according to the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Vehicles were Missouri’s top export commodities in 2002, accounting for nearly 30 ...