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A national search for a new Jackson County Assessor yielded a local attorney as County Executive Katheryn Shields’ choice for the position. Michael G. O’Flaherty, of Stinson Morrison Hecker, will begin his duties as assessor later this spring. With a ...

While statistical evidence showing a decedent would have been able to reduce his risk of heart attack had he known of his condition is more commonly presented in a loss of chance claim, it is also proper when presented in ...

Although her policy ended January 30, 1999, Desiree Payne was still covered by her former insurance company in an accident that occurred eight days later, thanks to the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law. According to the MVFRL, an insurance carrier ...

Beginning with a warm reception upon his return to his hometown, and through much of his eight years as the head of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Dean Burnelle Powell’s tenure has been nothing short of a ...

In many custody cases a circuit court is required to produce written findings of its decision, but only if the case must consider the best interest of the child. In the case of Judy and Robert Wood, the court did ...

Competitors of a credit union that was granted an expanded territory could not challenge the commission’s decision because they are not an aggrieved party ruled the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District in a recent opinion. The Springfield ...

A convenience store in Independence is eligible for tax abatement under a 30-year-old urban redevelopment plan following an opinion from the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District. The appellate court found the city of Independence’s attempt to dissolve ...

A verdict awarded in favor of an Oregon resident who lost his wife in a car accident was recently affirmed by the appellate court in Washington State due to the work of two local attorneys who have a rare specialty ...

Two insurance companies that are contractually related, and both facing liquidation, have presented a conflict for the receiver appointed to handle the liquidation of both companies. Pro Med, a casualty insurance company, was formed in 1988 by Glenn Jourdon, president ...

An architect was found liable for the cost of work done in an opinion by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District, when the Court found he failed to disclose he was merely an agent for the developer ...

Although a man spent very little of 1996 at his St. Charles home while working in Canada, he is still considered a Missouri resident for tax purposes. The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District affirmed the Administrative Hearing ...