Just two days before Christmas in 2001, a car accident on Highway 30 in Jefferson County took the life of Christine L. Sandusky. On that evening, Christine was pulling out of a private driveway onto Highway 30 in Dittmer in ...
Read More »Mo. Democratic Party Targets Women In 2004
The Missouri Democratic Party is targeting women voters in their campaign for the 2004 election. In an attempt to make politics more accessible for women, the party began hosting Women’s Coalitions across the state last year to harness the political ...
Read More »Saddam Trial Should Exemplify The Rules Of Law
Even Saddam Hussein deserves a fair trial. But it must be one that is culturally convincing to the Iraqi people, the Arab world, the global community and the American public. Arranging, such legal proceedings will be the next big challenge ...
Read More »Breathalyzer Met Regulations; Reverses Two Decisions
Even though a breathalyzer machine sometimes gave readings with a plus .004 error, it was still within regulations, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in two separate reverse decisions. In Donald W. Reckner, Respondent v. Carol ...
Read More »Defective Car Seat Verdict Upheld
A $10.5 million verdict for a toddler injured in a car accident against the driver that hit his mother’s car and the manufacturer of the car seat he rode in was upheld Tuesday by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern ...
Read More »Switchman Receives Favorable Jury Verdict
“It’s kind of like a tug of war – the other side lets go unexpectedly so you fall backwards,” described Richard Zalasky, an attorney for an injured railroad switchman who recently received a $1.6 million award from a St. Louis ...
Read More »Failure To Appear At Depositions Leads To Dismissal
A bankruptcy case involving George Harrison’s former manager was reversed and remanded to the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In Denis J. O’Brien, Debtor Nicholas Valner ...
Read More »Language In Insurance Policy Was Not Vague Or Ambiguous
Alleged lies and drug addiction may pose a roadblock for a Minnesota dentist attempting to collect long-term disability benefits from her insurance company. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a District Court decision on Tuesday denying an insurance ...
Read More »Mortgage Delinquency Corrected With Economy
A convincing upswing in the economy and refinancing rates as low as 3.9 percent are credited with a decline in mortgage delinquencies during the third quarter despite an increase in new foreclosures during the same time period. According to Mortgage ...
Read More »Dean Powell Leaves UMKC School Of Law With Vision For Future
On the Friday morning of finals week, the student lounge at the University of Missouri Kansas City School Of Law hums with the sound of students gathered around octagon-shaped tables. Upon first glance, one might not notice anything spectacular about ...
Read More »8th Circuit's Decision Requires Each Party To Foot The Bill
The scales balanced one more time in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as it ordered both parties of a civil suit to note the American Rule and pay their own way. A partial grant of summary judgment will ...
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