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The Kansas City Council has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle an employment suit from a Water Services Department employee. The settlement comes on the heels of a $150,000 verdict for LaDonna Nunley, a chemist for the city. Nunley sued ...

The Missouri Supreme Court’s Commission on Racial & Ethnic Fairness held its second in a series of four feedback sessions Tuesday at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. The group, established in 2015 by Chief Justice Patricia Breckenridge, ...

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would make it easier for employment disputes to be resolved through arbitration instead of in court. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Gary Romine, R-Farmington, passed by a vote of 23-10. It would ...

An Odessa man whose prior positive drug test was mistakenly given to a new employer and claimed the incident led to his firing was awarded a $15,000 jury verdict Friday. James Blum sued the occupational health company Concentra Health Services ...

The identities of two providers of execution drugs to the Missouri Department of Corrections are exempt from disclosure under the Sunshine Law, according to a Western District Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday. The appeals panel unanimously reversed a Cole County ...

Moniteau County Prosecuting Attorney Shayne Healea’s second-degree assault case will continue to trial. At a hearing Thursday in Shelbyville, Judge Frederick Tucker ordered the suppression of all testimony and evidence regarding whether or not Healea refused a breath test following ...

The Western District Court of Appeals has affirmed an award of $95,000 in attorney’s fees to a former Missouri Bar president in a dispute over a fee-sharing agreement. In an opinion Tuesday, a panel sided with Blue Springs attorney Patrick ...

A chemist for Kansas City’s Water Services department won a partial victory in her suit against the city, receiving a $150,000 jury verdict on her claim of a sexually hostile work environment. The verdict followed nearly four hours of deliberations ...

A long-running lawsuit between a Kansas City nonprofit and a national hospital chain has concluded with a $188 million settlement. HCA, a Nashville, Tennessee-based company, and its affiliate HM Acquisition LLC, reached the agreement Monday with the Health Care Foundation ...

A hospitalization earlier this month is prompting the dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s School of Law to step down earlier than she’d planned. Dean Ellen Suni announced to alumni and students in September she would end her tenure ...

The Jackson County legislature has approved a $275,000 settlement with a victim of alleged negligent acts at the Jackson County Detention Center. The legislature approved a resolution for the settlement on Monday. The vote was 6-0, with three legislators absent. ...