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A release issued by the City of Kansas City to Southwest Tracor Inc. and all of its partners has created dispute as to whether or not that release was applied to back taxes owed by Southwest and partner Woolridge Corporation ...

Following a hearing concerning the students loans in Caryn Kay Haag’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri enter a default judgment in Haag’s favor against Sallie Mae, which failed to file an ...

Jason Webb, pulled over by police in Harrison County, received a license suspension notice October 5, 1999; one month after being detained by the state trooper.Trooper Jeff Noack stopped Webb and later transported him to the county jail and conducted ...

Although an insurance company argues that negligent misrepresentation is not an “occurrence” as defined by its policy, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District found the company is required to defend its insured.According to the American States Insurance ...

Not guilty. That was the verdict decided upon by a jury of the defendant’s peers.That was also the verdict decided upon by the rest of the class, too. “Chris Donovan,” known better as Alex, was genuinely surprised. Maybe a little ...

A Joplin woman, represented by Kansas City attorney William H. Pickett, will receive compensation for her injuries sustained from an unnecessary operation over a decade ago.A week after the trial began, a jury assessed Madonna J. Williams’ damages at $1,000,000 ...

A brief, but suspicious stop near an anhydrous ammonia tank was not a substantial step towards the theft of the methamphetamine ingredient, which is legally used as a source of nitrogen to grow crops. The Moniteau County Sheriff’s department arrested ...

Few exceptions are available for a circuit court to set aside a prosecuting attorney’s nolle prosequi. In fact, when the prosecutor makes the formal announcement that he or she is no longer willing to prosecute a pending criminal charge, the ...

Although the county assessor’s office taxes one property owner for a tract of land, this does not prove that the landowner also owns that tract.A property dispute in Cass County arose when Terry Bolinger, who purchased his land in 1995, ...

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s findings that it was obligated to rule in concurrence with a doctor’s testimony was found incorrect by the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District.The Commission upheld a decision by the Division of ...

A doctor’s negligent diagnosis is not immune to lawsuit under Workers’ Compensation Law since the consulting doctor is considered a third party under the WCL. Nursing assistant Rhonda James suffered injuries to her neck and shoulder after being kicked by ...