The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association is seeking future leaders in the legal profession to participate in the first Greater Kansas City Bar Leadership Academy. The program is designed to facilitate the development of emerging leaders in the Kansas City ...
Read More »Testimony Of Doctor's Experts Found Inadmissible
A Missouri doctor accused of negligence after dabbling with an experimental off-label drug treatment will find himself back in court as a result of last Tuesday’s Missouri Supreme Court reversed ruling. The heart of the debate centered around the issues ...
Read More »Housing Starts Reach Highest Rate Since 1984
Home builders increased the pace of housing starts to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.070 million units in November, the Commerce Department announced last week. This is 4.5 percent above October’s upwardly revised estimate of 1.980 million units, 17.6 ...
Read More »Construction Defects Plague New Homes, Says Study
A house is the single largest purchase ever made by most consumers. Yet of all consumer products, this investment has comparatively fewer protections for the buyer, according to an investigation to be released next week by Consumer Reports. The product ...
Read More »Federal Judge Defines Computer Jargon In Patent Case (955)
How does one describe, in precise legal terms, the actions taken by a computer system when it opens an image in the blink of an eye? In an order defining nine key computer software phrases in the patent infringement case ...
Read More »Financial Experts Offer Tips To Save On Homeowners Insurance
Expenses associated with the holiday season often cause many homeowners to consider how they can adjust their spending in the following year. And with a significant increase in the costs of home insurance during the past 12 months, real estate ...
Read More »Inventory Search Of Vehicle Deemed Invalid (957)
What constitutes a valid preliminary and limited inventory search at the scene of a vehicle stop? This was the central issue before New York State’s highest court in the People v. James Johnson. The defendant was charged with driving with ...
Read More »Maintenance Remanded Based On Length Of Marriage
A trial court’s decision to allot a wife $2,060 a month for child support until January 2003 and then $1,757 a month was upheld, but the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District remanded the amount of money the ...
Read More »Hospital Uses Improper Tactics To Establish Indemnity Claims
A hospital found vicariously liable for injuries sustained to a patient may not invoke an offensive collateral estoppel tactic in establishing indemnity claims, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, said in a reversed opinion Tuesday. “The hospital may sue ...
Read More »Driver Seeks To Overturn 10-Year License Denial
Joseph Miles of House Springs would like to be able to drive again. Beginning in 2002, the Missouri Department of Revenue issued a 10-year minimum denial on his driving privileges. “It’s a monstrous impediment to human life,” says Miles’ attorney, ...
Read More »Use And Wear Determine Value Of Car In Chapter 7 Case
The value of a car, listed as collateral in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy case, should be its liquidation price which was determined on the date of the trial hearing. In re: Robert Roy Podnar and Evelyn Sue Podnar, a case ...
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