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A company fishing trip at a resort in Canada has a bona fide business purpose, and the expenses associated with the trip are deductible as a business expense, said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a trial court’s ...

In the struggle for doctors to obtain affordable malpractice insurance, the Missouri legislature upheld Gov. Bob Holden’s veto of Senate Bill 280 on Thursday setting supporters of the bill back a step after a year of negotiations with opponents. The ...

While advocates call for an increase in affordable housing, state agencies report a boost in demand for low-income housing tax credits by individuals and corporations investing in the rehabilitation or construction of residential facilities for the lowest of income families. ...

The Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri remanded a child support case to the trial court in order to recalculate the amount of overpayment due to the appellant. In the case, Melody Jean Perry v. Alan F. ...

A taxicab passenger injured in a 1991 accident will not be able to pursue a garnishment action against the cab company’s insurer because the car he was in was owned by the cab company’s owners for their personal use and ...

The Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri upheld the decision by the trial court denying a petition for cross-examination of a victim in a violent rape case. The Circuit Court of Pettis County denied the motion made ...

It will be up to the Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether the city of St. Louis or the Junior College District of St. Louis is responsible for damages caused by an October 1997 water main break at the Forest ...

Residential remodeling increased in its share of home construction activity for the second quarter according to the National Association of Home Builders. “Surging home sales, steadily rising home values and a low interest rate environment all contributed to the pickup ...

The Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri ruled on whether property at Farmland’s Kansas refinery is real or personal property in order to determine the purpose of artisans liens asserted by Alliance Process Partners. Alliance filed a motion ...

Jury members could not agree on the outcome of a personal injury case that had at stake more than a half million dollars. Roy Fortner’s lawsuit against Deborah Connor and Southeast Missouri Community Treatment Center Inc. ended in a stalemate ...

What does the new emphasis on “best value” in procurement decisions mean to the construction industry? Do contractors, architects, engineers, insurers, sureties and the owners fully understand the impact of this change in approach on the wide range of procurement ...