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 judge's discretion to change the venue of a lawsuit in a Louisiana train accident was at issue Wednesday before the Missouri Supreme Court. In June 2007, a train owned by the Kansas City Southern Railroad Co. (headquarters pictured) slammed into a car in Louisiana. In the aftermath of the accident, an injured passenger and the family of a woman who died filed a lawsuit in Jackson County against the railway. The company is fighting a move to keep the lawsuit in Jackson County, saying venue is proper in St. Louis County, where the company’s registered agent resides.

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In what has become a trend over the past several years, Jackson County Circuit judges are spending less time presiding over trials. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t enough work to go around, as those same numbers reveal a need ...

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Peggy Stevens McGraw, former presiding judge of the 16th Circuit, knows the nature of work that will occupy Stephen Nixon, her successor. “I sign a lot of things,” McGraw said, making light of the position’s administrative emphasis. Nixon assumed McGraw’s ...

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