The city of Ferguson and other defendants in a wrongful-death lawsuit by Michael Brown’s parents are seeking access to any juvenile records of the black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in 2014 — a request ...
Read More »Nixon signs municipal court reform bill
Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill expanding on municipal court reforms passed in 2015. On Friday, Nixon signed SB572, which was sponsored by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale. In a statement, Nixon said the purpose of the municipal courts is ...
Read More »Freedom denied for Missouri man convicted in woman’s killing
A Missouri judge has refused to grant freedom to a man convicted of sexually attacking and killing a St. Louis woman more than three decades ago. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green on Thursday ruled there was not enough evidence ...
Read More »Soybean farmers group wins $600,000 verdict
It only took a Jackson County jury 28 minutes to award a group representing Missouri soybean farmers $602,945 in their case against a company they said failed to disclose seed sales and fully pay royalties. The decision Wednesday wrapped up ...
Read More »St. Louis agency seeks options for former Rams facility
With the Rams gone, the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority is seeking to find a use for the team’s vacated practice facility in the suburb of Earth City. The authority has hired the Sansone Group as the ...
Read More »Student sues Harris-Stowe State over drug accusation
A women’s basketball player at Harris-Stowe University in St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against the school, saying she was wrongly accused of drug possession and suspended for a year after denying a dean’s sexual advances. The suit filed by ...
Read More »Court tosses suit over failure-to-appear fees
A man with preexisting hearing loss, who was injured in a work-related accident, was entitled to benefits from the Second Injury Fund, the Missouri Court of Appeals has held. The Western District found that the man’s bilateral hearing loss was ...
Read More »Panel sent to governor for KC-area probate judgeship
The names of two Jackson County probate commissioners and a former deputy county counselor will be sent to the governor for consideration for a circuit judgeship in Division 19. Lisa Noel Gentleman, former managing attorney of Legal Aid of Western ...
Read More »UPDATED: McDonough to take reins at Shook in January
Madeleine McDonough, named on Monday as the chair-elect of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, has had plenty of time to think about the direction the firm should be headed. McDonough, who will be the first woman to lead the Kansas City-based ...
Read More »Jury awards $1M to man hurt following KCPD chase
A man who was injured after his vehicle was struck by a suspect pursued by Kansas City police received a $1 million jury verdict Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court. Nine of 12 jurors found in favor of plaintiff Antoine ...
Read More »Four seek Jackson County probate judgeship
Four applicants are seeking to replace Jackson County Circuit Judge Kathleen A. Forsyth in Division 19 following her retirement in July. The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission released the interviewee list and demographics information Thursday. The applicants are Lisa Noel Gentleman, ...
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