An appeal and a cross-appeal were decided in the plaintiff’s favor by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District, Tuesday.Dr. Richard Bechtle’s award in his original action against Tandy Corporation was not only upheld, but his cross-appeal requesting ...
Read More »Guarantor not liable for loan due to oral contract
An alleged guarantor is not liable for a defaulted loan, because the agreement made between the parties was oral, and not binding according to the Statute of Frauds, RSMo. 432.010. Leonard Goldammer, owner of Golden Accounting Tax and Consultant Service, ...
Read More »Deadline for continuing legal ed. classes nearing
It’s the middle of June. There are only two weeks left. Fifteen hours of continuing legal education are looming over every Missouri attorney’s head. Who will survive this crunch? Every year, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association plans ahead for ...
Read More »Claimant failed to prove worker's comp claim
A retired Altec employee failed to prove a work-related injury occurred following another claim 12 years before.In 1986, two years after being employed at Altec, Louis Grime began having problems with his hands. In his work, he used a circular ...
Read More »MO high court says telephone service is a product
A recent decision by the Administrative Hearing Commission finding Southwestern Bell Telephone Company was ineligible a refund of use tax was overturned by the Missouri Supreme Court this week. SWB’s application for the refund was denied by the commission, after ...
Read More »Municipal Court welcomes first new judge in 6 yrs.
Judge Joseph Locascio continues his history of making sure people get a fair shake with his appointment to the Kansas City Municipal Court in April. Judge Locascio began his career as an attorney 22 years ago, serving as a public ...
Read More »Court reverses driver's license reinstatement
A man found sleeping in an unmoving vehicle with a running motor was left without a license after being arrested for driving while intoxicated. A dispute concerning the language of the ruling statute remains in the Missouri Court of Appeals ...
Read More »Appeals court finds marriage irretrievably broken
A husband who gave his wife an ultimatum recently brought his case to the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District, arguing the circuit court improperly found the marriage was irretrievably broken. After 37 years of marriage, Patricia A. ...
Read More »Court miscalculated spousal maintenance payments
After 11 years of marriage and no job, a woman’s likelihood of finding substantial employment to support her monthly expenses are slim, especially since technology has advanced considerably since 1989. Richard Lee Bolch and Barbara Lorain Bolch were married December ...
Read More »Court of Appeals revokes two drivers' licenses
In two separate cases handed down by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District, two drivers are left with one-year license revocations in Clay County. In the first case, Bradley Stewart was originally sent home from Station Casino ...
Read More »Court's ruling in DUI case based on outdated rule
A police department’s clerical error and a trial courts’ observance of an outdated regulation brought about a reversal from the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District. Aaron Milligan was arrested for driving while intoxicated after failing a field ...
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