Associate judge replaces Anthony Rex Gabbert, whom governor named in April to the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District.

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A jury awarded more than $1.3 million to a couple who said they were deceived by a North Kansas City used car dealership. The Chad Franklin Suzuki dealership, which has since gone out of business, has been the subject of ...

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A former state representative from St. Louis County was found not guilty on Friday of sexual assault charges in Cole County. Clay County jurors took four hours to find Scott Muschany not guilty on Friday of a felony charge of ...

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Municipal judges in Kansas City are part of the state’s 16th Judicial Circuit, but their paychecks come from the city. They are selected through a system very similar to Missouri’s Nonpartisan Court Plan, but the Kansas City Council makes the ...

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The dismissal of a wrongful death suit over a boy’s drowning near a Kansas City school was reversed by an appellate court on Tuesday. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled the parents of Christopher Dill properly claimed in ...

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