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There is a difference between the date of an injury and the date it becomes disabling, said a Missouri appeals court, finding that a retired grocery buyer’s knee injury pre-existed his carpal tunnel syndrome, which didn’t become disabling until the ...

Federal and state officials have confirmed increased activity in their efforts to stop unscrupulous lending agents that claim to be able to erase a homeowner’s mortgage debt with a little “creative paperwork” that only leave unsuspecting borrowers facing foreclosure and ...

When an attorney sent a letter to the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel about a non-attorney who may be engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, it was neither abuse of process nor defamation the Missouri Court of Appeals ...

A trial court was not wrong to go ahead with a marriage dissolution even though the husband requested a continuance due to his poor health. In Pamela S. Foster, Respondent, v. John C. Foster, Appellant, the husband appealed the court’s ...

Gov. Bob Holden announced last week the appointment of William T. Lohmar Jr. of St. Charles as associate circuit judge for the 11th Circuit Court in St. Charles. He replaces Judge Ted House, who will become a circuit judge on ...

A man allegedly electrocuted by Union Electric power lines will have a second chance to seek damages from the electric company for a series of injuries triggered by the shock, the Missouri Supreme Court held Tuesday in a partially reversed ...

A city’s pre-emptive strike against two repeat drunk drivers received a blow when the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, ruled in a case of first impression that the city failed to follow the letter of the law when trying ...

Those starving artists you keep hearing about may be more important to the economy than you think. “Creative industries have a substantial effect on the Missouri economy,” states a new report by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center. The ...

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a private antitrust action against Northwest Airlines that stems from the 1986 merger of Northwest with Republic Airlines. The appellate court agreed with U.S. District Court Judge Donovan ...

The statute governing the maximum allowed prices for telecommunications services does not include a “use it or lose it” clause, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled. In State of Missouri, ex rel. Sprint Missouri Inc., Appellant ...

KCMBA holds 120th Annual Meeting and gives out numerous awards