Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed Edward R. (Ted) Ardini Jr., of Columbia, to fill the vacancy on the Western District Court of Appeals created by the retirement of Joseph M. Ellis. Ardini has served as counsel to the governor since ...
Read More »Retired federal judge Scott Wright dies
Scott O. Wright, a long-serving federal judge for the Western District of Missouri, has died. Wright, who was 93, died Monday (July 11) in Kansas City, his stepson Skip Walther, a Columbia attorney, said Tuesday. Wright served on the federal ...
Read More »City agrees to $475,000 wrongful death settlement
The Kansas City Council has agreed to pay $475,000 to settle a wrongful death suit against the city for a 2014 collision between a minivan and two children on a skateboard that left one dead. The council unanimously approved the ...
Read More »KC Real Estate fraud case begins
Lawyers presented opening statements Wednesday in a case in which a Kansas City man and his associate are accused of buying distressed properties, selling them to consumers who would normally be unable to buy homes and then reneging on promises ...
Read More »Jury rules in favor of Deere & Company in benzene case
A Jackson County jury returned a verdict in favor of Deere & Company on Thursday afternoon on claims that exposure to products under the John Deere brand were linked to a Lee’s Summit man’s cancer. Nine of the 12 jurors ...
Read More »Attorney with discipline history suspended
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a Kansas City attorney with a discipline history a one-year suspension, despite a recommendation of probation from the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel and a disciplinary hearing panel. Kenneth J. Geniuk, who ...
Read More »KCPD settles with man over Taser use
A man who sued a Kansas City Police Department officer over allegations the officer violated department policy for Taser use has agreed to a $98,750 settlement with the department. The parties dismissed the case Monday, the day it was set ...
Read More »New Border Patrol head has ties to Missouri legal community
An FBI veteran was named Monday to head the U.S. Border Patrol, a departure from the historical practice of picking someone who has risen through the ranks. Mark Morgan, who briefly led the internal affairs department at the Border Patrol’s parent agency, ...
Read More »John Deere negligence case starts in Independence
Opening statements began Tuesday in Independence for a trial involving claims that John Deere failed to properly label and warn against the use of a carcinogen in products the company distributed under its name. The suit was brought in 2013 ...
Read More »Widow of man killed in crash settles case for $7M
A Jackson County circuit judge has approved a $7 million wrongful death settlement for a fatal 2015 crash in Independence. Judge Jack Grate entered the judgment and order Friday in the case of Alexa Overman, a Buckner woman who was ...
Read More »Missouri judge fines Walgreens $309,000 in pricing case
A judge on Friday ordered Walgreens to pay $309,000 for violating an agreement between the drugstore chain and the state of Missouri over allegedly deceptive pricing, the state’s attorney general said. A Jackson County judge assessed a $1,000 penalty for ...
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