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A Missouri man injured in a two truck accident has settled his counterclaim for a confidential amount. On or about June 25, 2002, defendant Olon Keith Parker, Jr. and plaintiff Catherine Eller were each operating 18-wheel tractor trailers on Eastbound ...

A case with potentially broad ramifications for the treatment of suspects who invoke their Miranda rights went to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, where justices peppered lawyers from both sides with questions about whether and how a Miranda violation ...

Although inroads have been made in remedying past discrimination against African Americans, many blacks still believe the United States has a long way to go to achieve total equality, even in communities where a significant part of the judiciary is ...

Areas receiving public improvements can now be viewed in detailed online maps that access the inner workings of the capital improvement process. The city’s Capital Improvements Management Office on Friday launched an upgraded version of the Public Improvements Advisory Committee’s ...

With growing prevalence of Internet fraud, banks could soon require customers to pass through more security before paying bills and moving cash online. Last month an umbrella group of regulators who oversee banks, credit unions and thrifts said financial institutions ...

Realtors and mortgage brokers yesterday decried recommendations by a federal tax reform commission to reduce some tax benefits now enjoyed by homeowners, saying they discourage homeownership and endanger the national economy. But there is not unanimous agreement among tax and ...

An insurer sued in state court for wrongfully denying disability payments could remove the case to federal court nine months after the complaint was filed, even though federal law generally provides a 30-day time limit for removal, the 9th Circuit ...

In a civil trial that involved a dispute over the polling of jurors because of inconsistent verdicts, the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case back to the trial court. In Walton Construction v. MGM Masonry ...

Builders who want to survive must “innovate or evaporate,” said Ric Jackson, executive director of FIAtech of Austin, Texas. Jackson was among the speakers at the 14th annual Division of State Facilities Consultants Conference in Madison, Wis. last week. The ...

Associate Dean Jeffrey Berman commences with demolition of the wall behind the jury box at the E.E. “Tom” Thompson Courtroom at the UMKC School of Law. Photo by Phill W. Johnson/UMKC One of the most unique teaching courtrooms in the ...

In the four verdicts returned during the week of Oct. 17 at the Jackson County Courthouse, there was one common link among them. All four cases involved one small Kansas City law firm. Harris McCausland, a firm of only 16 ...