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A federal judge has ordered Missouri to provide adult diapers to low-income disabled people for whom they are medically necessary.
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Court reduces award to fired state janitor
An appeals court on Tuesday drastically reduced a nearly $152,000 award to a state contractor who was accused of employing illegal immigrants to clean government office buildings.
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Read More »Courts rebuked prosecutors’ conduct this year
Judges this year issued harsh rulings against prosecutors, finding they hid evidence and overstepped in arguments to jurors. The fallout from those findings will play out in 2011.
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Read More »Bar leader entangled in alleged scheme
An attorney for an investor has alleged that Missouri Bar President-elect Lynn Ann Vogel engaged in malpractice connected with an alleged Ponzi scheme.
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Read More »New scanner in St. Louis County Courts Building
A third scanner was moved to the St. Louis County Courts Building from the Justice Center last week. The new lane will be for employee use at peak times and should open Monday, said Sgt. Tony Coleman, Bureau of Security Services supervisor in St. Louis County. The same level of security will apply, Coleman said.
Read More »Court affirms $200k age discrimination verdict against hotel
The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has upheld a $200,000 verdict that a Jackson County jury gave last year to a 63-year-old woman fired from a Kansas City hotel.
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Read More »Close vote brings scrutiny to Rizzo-Royster race
Newly elected state Rep. John Rizzo, left, shares a laugh with his father, Jackson County Legislative Chairman Henry Rizzo, right, at a meeting of the Legislature on Dec. 6. Also shown is Legislator James Tindall Sr. John Rizzo eked out the narrowest of victories over Will Royster in the August Democratic primary for a Kansas City legislative seat. Now Royster is taking his fight to the Missouri House, where he has urged its incoming leader to investigate the election.
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Read More »Investigators look to former law partner in bombing
The sound of pipe bombs exploding disrupted the peacefulness of an otherwise quiet October night and the lives of Beth and T. Darin Boggs. Now a former partner of their law firm is under investigation.
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Read More »Real estate woes descend on Missouri
The real estate crisis that has taken root throughout the country over the last few years ripened in Missouri in 2010.
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Read More »After staff changes, KCMBA accentuates the positive
The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s soon-to-be executive director, Vickie Schatz, speaks at KCM BA’s 2010 annual meeting on Dec. 10. At left is outgoing KCM BA President Tom Bender. At right is the group’s new president, Jim Heeter. The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s yearlong facelift will continue into 2011 as it moves onto face No. 3 in the last 12 months.
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Read More »Controlling the uncontrollable takes planning
Supreme Court Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. and State Courts Administrator Greg Linhares review budget numbers before a presentation on next year's court budget during the Judicial Conference in September.
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