Estate planning nearly cost a family its property when a company tried to collect on a man’s debt by taking his one-half interest in the property. Luckily, the man never contributed a cent toward the land, leaving the debt collectors ...
Read More »PMI carriers warn about piggyback loan risks
Many homeowners who have secured historically low interest rates on original purchases or refinancing during the past couple of years continue to look for ways to save money. And many lenders are happy to help them in an effort to ...
Read More »Search warrant included container found in cabinet (1368)
Even though officers only had a warrant to search for methamphetamine and related materials, an officer did not exceed the scope of a search warrant when he opened a container containing marijuana, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western ...
Read More »Judgment fails to meet definition of suppression
In the war against methamphetamine, the Missouri Court of Appeal, Eastern District, made another distinction in how to preserve evidence in court by denying the state’s plea for an interlocutory appeal following the suppression of its evidence. In denying its ...
Read More »Inmate's 8th Amendment claim halted by 8th Circuit
A sick inmate’s 8th Amendment violation claim failed on Friday because he fell short of showing his doctor acted with deliberate indifference when treating his Hepatitis C virus, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined. The inmate, Jerry Bender, ...
Read More »Woman prevails on appeal from injury at toy store
A trial court did not err in awarding a woman $300,000 in damages after a stroller fell from a shelf in a Toys “R” Us store and injured her, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District Ruled, affirming ...
Read More »Women lawyers brainstorm on attaining leadership roles
Women lawyers from St. Louis, Kansas City and outstate Missouri brainstormed Friday morning about ways to get more women in positions of influence both in The Missouri Bar and in state government. The breakfast meeting was sponsored by the Women ...
Read More »Gavel passed to end MoBar meeting
The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting, held last week at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis, ended Friday night with an awards banquet and the passing of the gavel from St. Louis attorney William Corrigan Jr. to Kansas City ...
Read More »ABA releases guide for individuals facing divorce
The ABA Section of Family Law has published a guide for individuals who are going through a divorce. includes helpful articles on understanding the divorce process, divorce money Surviving Your Divorce and Beyond matters, child custody issues and communicating with ...
Read More »Attorneys receive $3M in damages for 9 yr.-old
Anita Porte Robb shows a photo of the car after the accident used during the trial When Gary Robb and Anita Porte Robb of Robb & Robb LLC took on a wrongful death case involving a steel plate which fell ...
Read More »Judicial circuits, legislators honored at annual meeting
Supreme Court of Missouri Chief Justice Ronnie L. White on Thursday recognized three judicial circuits for efficiently managing and processing cases during fiscal 2003. The Daniel J. O’Toole awards were presented during a ceremonial breakfast of the Missouri Judicial Conference, ...
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