An employee of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has sued her employer, claiming the company denies overtime pay and violates the Fair Labor Standards Act. Zola M. Marshall, a retail representative, claims in the suit filed Monday in federal court in ...
Read More »8th Circuit rules pregnancy act doesn’t require contraceptive coverage
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act does not give female employees the right to insurance coverage for contraceptives because they are used to prevent pregnancy, said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision. Because contraceptives are used before ...
Read More »P&G wins Satanism suit against Amway distributors
Procter & Gamble Co., which makes consumer products such as the Gillette series, won a federal lawsuit against four Amway distributors that the company accused of spreading rumors it was associated with Satanism. A jury in Salt Lake City awarded ...
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Legal Aid to provide education at Low-Income Tax Clinic A grant recently awarded to Legal Aid of Western Missouri allows it to implement a clinic that will provide tax education to U.S. taxpayers who speak English as a second language. ...
Read More »Murder attempt wouldn’t cancel support terms
Nonmodifiable means nonmodifiable, said the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday, putting a stop to an ex-husband’s efforts to end his maintenance obligation because, the husband alleged, his ex-wife wanted to have him killed. The separation agreement between Ida M. Richardson ...
Read More »Gamblers wager they can beat the house
Seven disgruntled gamblers filed suit Tuesday against Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, alleging the casino secretly changed its awards program and cheated them out of money. Patricia Raster’s complaint against Ameristar is poised to be a class-action suit for 100,000 ...
Read More »Businesses don’t have to cover contraceptives
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act does not give female employees the right to insurance coverage for contraceptives because they are used to prevent pregnancy, said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision. Because contraceptives are used prior ...
Read More »Murder attempt wouldn’t cancel support terms
Nonmodifiable means nonmodifiable, said the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday, putting a stop to an ex-husband’s efforts to end his maintenance obligation because, the husband alleged, his ex-wife wanted to have him killed. The separation agreement between Ida M. Richardson ...
Read More »Businesses don’t have to cover contraceptives
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act does not give female employees the right to insurance coverage for contraceptives because they are used to prevent pregnancy, said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision. Because contraceptives are used prior ...
Read More »Senate approves changing attorney appointment rule
Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, watch Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, place an enlargement of an e-mail from the attorney general’s chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, to former White House counsel Harriet Miers ...
Read More »Man seeks $500 million, abolishment of Missouri Bar
In a lawsuit against Missouri, a Kansas City man accused The Missouri Bar of carrying out a criminal plot against the U.S. Constitution. The plaintiff, Denny R. Hardin, called for the abolishment of the bar and demanded $500 million in ...
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