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The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, sent a message to workers applying for benefits from the Second Injury Fund last week by clarifying the procedures in giving and obtaining workers’ compensation awards. Last week’s two opinions specifically held that ...

Got insurance? If the American Bar Association has its way, that question will become part of your annual registration statement. On August 9, the ABA’s House of Delegates passed a resolution adopting a model court rule on insurance disclosure at ...

The Missouri bankruptcy bar was saddened by the recent death of one of the pioneers of current bankruptcy practice, Judge Robert E. Brauer. Brauer died from heart complications on June 8, 2004. To honor and celebrate his judicial career, which ...

A Jackson County trial court must reinstate a women’s petition alleging a cause of action against a co-worker in a work-related personal injury claim, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a reversed and remanded decision. ...

Robert O. Hetlage The American Bar Foundation elected St. Louis attorney Robert O. Hetlage as its president for 2004-2005. Hetlage, who is of counsel with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, will also serve on the board of the American Bar Foundation ...

Case.net, an Internet application that was designed and maintained by the Office of State Courts Administrator, has been recently upgraded. It is now enhanced to better utilize new technology to increase the system availability, handle new users and make it ...

In introducing the main speaker, Scott Drachnik, vice president of marketing for the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County, said, “You’ve probably all heard the phrase, ‘It’s a small world, and it’s getting even smaller.’ On Thursday morning, the ...

On a sunny Saturday morning, Melissa Taylor stood in front of a Johnson County t-ball field cheering for her two sons. “Great job, Sergio,” she shouted as her seven year-old crossed home plate. Taylor was surrounded by other parents and ...

The use of torture. Appropriate responses to terrorism. Federal funding restrictions on stem cell research. The alternative minimum tax. These were just a few of the hot-button issues addressed at the Aug. 9-10 American Bar Association House of Delegates meeting ...

The 2004 Governor’s Conference on Housing will be held Sept. 22-23 at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo. This will be the 10th year of the conference and the first time it has been held in Kansas ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, issued a peremptory writ of mandamus last week ordering St. Louis City Judge Evelyn Baker to grant Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce’s change of judge request. The decision narrowly beats a 180-day deadline to ...