In its latest move to head off a practice viewed as threatening for many construction professionals, the Associate General Contractors has launched an online resource center where members across the nation can find official statements and research material that back ...
Read More »John P. McNearney to chair ABA real property committee
John P. McNearney, a partner with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin in St. Louis, has been tapped to lead the American Bar Association Real Property Section’s Workout, Foreclosures and Bankruptcy Committee as its chair for the next year. The committee’s focus ...
Read More »Annexed residents had right to vote in election
After a year of serving as a board member of the Public Water Supply District No. 1 in Butler County, Mo., Thomas A. Wright can rest assured that his position is secure from any further legal action from the defeated ...
Read More »Tenant had duty to defend itself
It wasn’t the landlord’s fault a witness called on behalf of a tenant didn’t prove the tenant’s defense, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, held on Tuesday, because the tenant never objected to the witness’s insufficient evidence at trial. The ...
Read More »Mo Bar members to examine civil rights milestones
Members of The Missouri Bar will have a chance to examine two important milestones in American history at their yearly meeting in St. Louis on Friday, Oct. 1, at the Renaissance Grand Hotel. From 10 a.m. until noon a distinguished ...
Read More »Friendly dogs were hazard to injured worker
Dogs don’t have to be vicious to be dangerous – or for their owners to be liable for injuries. On Tuesday, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, affirmed a $200,000 award in favor of a contractor who was injured ...
Read More »COA find no evidence of unjust enrichment in business suit
When a business deal goes south, it’s understandable to want to place the blame on someone. But when a businessperson points the finger at someone in a lawsuit, evidence proving unjust enrichment requires solid proof, noted the Missouri Court of ...
Read More »Brownfields redevelopment funding opens to new projects
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources met with local investors, Realtors and interested St. Louisans to aid in the effort to revitalize Missouri, at a seminar presented by Professional Housing Resources Inc., held last Friday at Saint Louis University School ...
Read More »Overages don't apply to future child support
When making child support payments, overages do not count for future debts owed, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in an affirmed in part and reversed in part decision. In Owen MacDonald, Respondent v. Karen (MacDonald) ...
Read More »8th Circuit remands case over denial of hot cargo defense
A district court might have enforced an unlawful hot cargo agreement when it affirmed a contractor’s award for $112,721.15 in damages that incurred after its union workers went on strike, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined Wednesday. But ...
Read More »Legal Services of Eastern Missouri to hold awards lunch
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri will honor individuals and organizations that support equal access to justice at its awards luncheon Friday, Oct. 8, at the Marriott Pavilion Hotel in downtown St. Louis. LSEM provides civil legal assistance to low-income people ...
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