A Northwest Missouri woman who claims her daughter died from complications of a birth control patch has agreed to settle with its manufacturers, but the agreement also needs a Jackson County judge’s OK before she’ll receive any money. A judge ...

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A family that thought city officials shortchanged it in taking property for development and took the case all the way to the Supreme Court has reached a nearly $2 million settlement. The C.F. White Family Partnership and the Lupton Living ...

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St. Louis Circuit Court is one of just two that missed a state deadline to pick who will be in charge of court clerks. The Supreme Court told all counties to choose one appointing authority for clerks by last Friday. ...

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The state of Missouri agreed to pay $150,000 to a former employee to settle a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed in Jackson County Circuit Court. Henry Service, of Gardner, Kan., was hired in October 2002 by the state Department ...

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An appeal heard Wednesday in Kansas City could determine if a private arbitrator can rule on matters involving the unauthorized practice of law. Lawsuits throughout the state allege that dealerships engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when they charged ...

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A Kansas City firm this month convinced a judge to toss out a criminal judgment he approved 13 years ago. All it took was a foreign birth certificate and a few citations to the Vienna Convention. Cuong Huy Phan was ...

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An appeals court affirmed the conviction of a Kansas City man for the murders of six women. In the process, the court rejected an invitation to create a rule that interviews by police be recorded – something that a new ...

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One of Jackson County’s most anticipated trials of the year was expected to begin today. But as so often happens in civil cases, cooler heads prevailed and reached a settlement. The Kansas City Council voted 7-3 last week to settle ...

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Class members reached a $15 million settlement with two insurance companies and one insurance administrator over the sale of long-term care insurance benefits. The settlement marks the end of more than six years of litigation against American Heritage Life Insurance ...

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Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has sued a company he said defrauded people seeking mortgage relief. The suit, filed Tuesday in Jackson County Circuit Court, alleges that Orange, Calif.-based U.S. Foreclosure Relief Corp., also known as Lighthouse Services, violated the ...

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Tax-preparation company Jackson Hewitt faces a lawsuit in Kansas City over short-term loans that allow people get money due in their refund checks more quickly. A Kansas City woman filed suit in Jackson County Circuit Court last week against the company, arguing it violated state consumer-protection laws. The suit, which also seeks class action status, alleges that Jackson Hewitt should have registered with the state as a credit services organization.

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