Charles Driskell sued Sutherland Lumber Company of Kansas City, and a Jackson County Circuit Court at Independence jury assessed the plaintiff with 100 percent fault, according to the judgment.

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The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission this afternoon nominated Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar to fill a judge vacancy in Jackson County, as well as a current administrative law judge and a Kansas City trial attorney.

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A former lawyer seeking a City Council seat in Kansas City would have advanced to April’s general election if a judge hadn’t disqualified him from Tuesday’s primary, according to contest results. The legal team for the nixed candidate, Michael Fletcher, now is pursuing emergency measures with the Missouri Supreme Court.

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 Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders on Monday introduced longtime Jackson County Circuit Judge Stephen Nixon as his pick to serve as the next county counselor. When Nixon assumes the post in January, he will be the first judge to ever ...

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A woman originally sued for a dog attack now is caught up in a disagreement among Kansas City attorneys over payment tied to a $132,000 settlement. McGonagle Spencer is going after Doris Ward, the former defendant in a 2008 lawsuit, ...

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A trial starting this week will question whether a woman who popped a couple of bags of popcorn a day for 10 years can blame manufacturers for the same health issues factory workers had after daily breathing vapors from vats of boiling butter flavoring.

Popcorn workers claiming lung disease have captured millions of dollars in Missouri courts. But the trial in Jackson County Circuit Court will test whether a consumer intimately acquainted with her home microwave's buttons can convince a jury she deserves an award as well.

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Which physician a Kansas City hospital decided to notify of a patient’s abnormal test results opened the door to a wrongful death trial that started in Jackson County Circuit Court Tuesday. Three doctors already have settled confidentially with a widower ...

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Partners at two of Missouri’s largest law firms are going up against each other in a case involving an ousted company president who lost out on a cut of a $48 million merger. Jurors in Jackson County Circuit Court heard ...

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Loose ends were tied up in 2009 in a drawn-out case involving a man who abandoned his girlfriend’s body in his car more than four years ago. The year brought a second conviction for Matthew Davis with a significantly reduced ...

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A Jackson County Circuit judge Monday overruled motions from the plaintiff seeking a new trial in a 6-year-old case against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. because of juror nondisclosure.

The most recent trial in the high-profile case against the cigarette maker ended in August. A jury found in favor of plaintiff Lincoln Smith, but with an award of $1.5 million after a second, three-and-a-half week trial in Independence.

The plaintiff's attorney, Ken McClain, of Humphrey, Farrington & McClain in Independence, had asked for $110 million in closing arguments this year. The first jury's punitive damage award totaled $20 million but was thrown out on appeal.

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A former employee caught up as a co-defendant in an age-discrimination lawsuit against Fleishman-Hillard has in turn filed suit against the company, alleging her own wrongful termination for being a whistleblower. This time as the plaintiff, Jennifer Goldston claims that ...

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