The American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law’s 10th Annual Conference will present three plenary sessions that review hot-button issues facing the media and their lawyers, providing analysis of media coverage of the recent election and review of two landmark ...
Read More »Award for breach of warranty was too high
A breach of warranty award erroneously put a couple in a better position than they would have been if the warranty hadn’t been breached, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District found in a reversed and remanded decision. ...
Read More »COA rules jury coordinator's comments warrant mistrial
Hopefully the fourth time at trial will be the last for a woman suing her health care providers, as the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, overturned the jury verdict for the defendants after deeming credible jurors’ statements saying they ...
Read More »Builders confirm affordable housing shortage
Residential construction industry officials did last week what housing advocates had been calling on them to do during the past five years. They gave official group acknowledgement that affordable housing is in short supply for working low-to moderate-income Americans. During ...
Read More »Railway presents irrelevant testimony in FELA case
An injured railroad worker will get another chance to try his case for damages after the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District found the Kansas City Southern Railway Co. tried to defer the blame for his injuries from ...
Read More »Missouri appeals court upholds Arnold's sewer tax ordinance
A real estate foreclosure did not eliminate a special tax bill issued by the city of Arnold three years before the foreclosure took place, said a Missouri appeals court in what the Arnold city attorney described as a case of ...
Read More »Communication between hospital, nurses critical
Communication in a job setting is very important for an organization to run smoothly; when that job involves caring for the sick, it becomes critical. The importance of communication between nurses, doctors and hospital administrators became an issue for St. ...
Read More »Authority exempt from assessment foreclosure
In two separate cases grouped into one opinion, the Missouri Court of Appeals found Kansas City, Mo. could not foreclose on Housing Authority property for failure to pay tax assessments. In the first case, the city appealed a summary judgment ...
Read More »Marriage dissolution hearing by drug court commissioner not valid
Given that no evidence entered the proceedings, a Stoddard County circuit judge must dismiss a dissolution of marriage case at one of the party’s request, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, ordered Monday, issuing a writ of prohibition. The ...
Read More »Gift cards: The incredible shrinking gift?
Nearly 70 percent of consumers plan to present gift cards this holiday season. A new American Bar Association consumer information Web site can help prevent those cards from becoming “the incredible shrinking gift.” “The American Bar Association wants consumers to ...
Read More »Insurance proceeds must go to second wife
Proceeds from a life insurance policy created as part of a marital settlement agreement cannot go to the first wife if the policy became effective after the marriage dissolution, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, held Tuesday. “The Estate ...
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