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An 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling will bring to an end a St. Louis homeowners’ class-action lawsuit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. over how it calculated replacement costs for property damage. On Monday, the panel reversed ...
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Presiding judge gives update on courthouse security
16th Circuit officials heard an update Friday on talks to increase security measures for attorneys at Jackson County courthouses. At the court en banc meeting, Presiding Judge John Torrence said discussion at a September 8 meeting between the Jackson County ...
Read More »Popcorn lung case settles for $5M
A Clarksdale man has reached a $5 million settlement with the final remaining defendant in his suit over exposure to products he alleged caused him to develop popcorn lung. The settlement was reached Monday between George W. Giles and Carmi ...
Read More »Supreme Court affirms $38M birth defect verdict
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a $38 million verdict awarded to a Minnesota girl who brought claims against an Illinois pharmaceutical company for birth defects alleged to have been caused by an antiepileptic drug. Maddison Schmidt, who was born ...
Read More »Second Jackson County prosecutor blocked from reinstatement
A Missouri appeals court has for a second time affirmed a ruling that Jackson County officials were acting within their authority to modify an arbitration award, blocking a fired prosecutor from reinstatement. The unanimous ruling Tuesday in favor of the ...
Read More »Public defender charged in jail contraband case
A public defender was charged Thursday for allegedly texting with an inmate at the Jackson County jail. Juliane Leigh Colby, 39, of Lawrence, Kansas, was charged with one misdemeanor count of delivering or concealing prohibited articles on jail premises, according ...
Read More »KC woman pleads guilty to forging judge’s signature
A 51-year-old Kansas City woman pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction of justice for forging a federal judge’s signature on a fake order to release another woman from prison. Margie P. Shephard pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City, according ...
Read More »Fired prosecutor remains blocked from job
An appeals court ruling Tuesday upheld Jackson County officials’ decision to modify an arbitration award that would reinstate a fired prosecutor, blocking him from returning to the job. David Mitchell, an assistant prosecuting attorney, was fired in August 2011 by ...
Read More »Pro se defendant draws judge’s warning
A Raytown man defending himself at trial against allegations he failed to call police or give warning before shooting a homeless man at his warehouse prompted a sharp warning from a judge Tuesday. During opening statements, David Jungerman’s assertions to ...
Read More »New charges filed in Jackson County contraband case
Four people accused of taking part in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband into the Jackson County Detention Center face new charges and a fifth person was added to the case following grand jury indictments returned Tuesday. Andre Lamonte Dickerson, 26; ...
Read More »Legislative intent guides appeals ruling in transgender restroom case
The Western District Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a transgender teen’s discrimination lawsuit against his school district for denying him access to facilities in line with his state-recognized gender. In the 2-1 ruling Tuesday, the court ruled ...
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