Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) articles from December 2004

Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) archives from December 2004

MO Court of Appeals reverses credit card lawsuit over Citibank's lack of proof.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess Citibank's inability to prove what a man bought with his credit card proved to be a costly mistake as the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed a judgment for more than $5,000 when the trial court record...

Applicants sought for vacancy on St. Louis City circuit court.
December 1, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The 22nd Judicial Circuit Commission (St. Louis City) announced Monday that it is now accepting applications for the position of circuit judge. The vacancy is created by the appointment of Judge Nannette...

Commentary: 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejects recent rulings, revives racial bias claims.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick It's relatively rare for juries and judges in Minnesota and surrounding states to find racial discrimination in the workplace. This infrequency is due to a number of factors, including the relatively small,...

St. Louis County Bar Association to hold annual luncheon, elections.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Louis County Bar Association will hold its annual State of the Bench and Bar luncheon on Friday, Dec. 10, at the Radisson Hotel in Clayton. The election of officers and the executive committee...

Commentary: More rules to smooth the work flow process.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken We are still talking about the various rules that we have in our office to help us "get the work done." As you know, there are five areas that make up every part of every business in the world; the third area is "getting...

Equitable apportionment does not apply, Appellate Court of Illinois finds.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A mother intended her will to be divided up equally among her daughters, so the daughters will pay equal taxes, regardless of who received more property, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, found. ...

Political party discrimination claim lacks evidence, Court of Appeals finds.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright An employment discrimination claim based on political affiliations failed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit last Wednesday, not because the employee was from the same party as his employer but because...

Award of litigation expenses erroneous in visitation suit, MO Court of Appeals says.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A circuit court erred in awarding $2,500 to a father for litigation expenses, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruled, remanding and entering a new judgment for expenses owed to the father....

Gov. Bob Holden's chief of staff resigns.(Jane Dueker joined at Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P.)(Brief Article)
December 2, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jane Dueker, chief of staff for Gov. Bob Holden, is rejoining Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. in its St. Louis office. Her resignation was effective Nov. 30. Dueker, the first woman to hold the...

MO Supreme Court and MO Court of Appeals opinion summaries: Dec. 2, 2004.
December 2, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Real property; damages Tenant Arthur Brooks appeals from an order and judgment rendered against him in an unlawful detainer action brought by his landlord, Midwest Diversified...

HOK of St. Louis designs cost-effective correctional center.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The new Jefferson City Correctional Center is now home to nearly 1,400 Missouri inmates. The maximum-security facility, which opened in September, replaces the storied Missouri State Penitentiary. Built...

Mortgage Bankers Association backing veterans benefits.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon The Mortgage Bankers Association voiced approval to the House of Representatives passage of an updated Veterans Benefits Improvement Act just hours before legislators adjourned for the Thanksgiving holiday. Passed by...

St. Louis-based Leonard Masonry Inc. receives national recognition.(awards from St. Louis AIA/CPC)
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Leonard Masonry Inc. has received an Honor Award and a Merit Award for craftsmanship from the St. Louis AIA/CPC. The St. Louis-based masonry contractor also was honored for Best Residential Building in...

Edward Ehret Jr. rejoins Gray Design Group in St. Louis.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Edward J. Ehret Jr. returns to Gray Design after three years with an Illinois design firm. He previously worked at Gray Design from 2000-2001 as a project associate. As part of Gray's design team,...

Cushman & Wakefield's Joe McGauley named director of Missouri Association of Realtors.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Cushman & Wakefield's Joe McGauley was named a statewide director of the Missouri Association of Realtors for a three-year term, with specific emphasis on commercial and industrial real estate matters....

Thomas A. Stevenson joins Clayco Construction as assistant superintendent.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco Construction Co. has added Thomas Arnez Stevenson as an assistant superintendent. Stevenson brings more than 16 years of construction and project management experience to Clayco. In his new...

Paul J. Donnelly joins St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Paul J. Donnelly, FAIA, P.E., has joined the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. in the firm's Science + Technology Group. In his new position, Donnelly is collaborating on the...

MO Dept. of Health & Sr. Services validates small percent of nursing home abuse complaints.(Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services)
December 3, 2004... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Not all cases of abuse or neglect at long-term facilities get reported, and of those that are reported, few are validated. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the total number of...

U.S. Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Bankruptcy; debtor's false representation; intent to deceive; creditor's reliance Even thoughy the debtor failed to disclose to creditor that Arvest Bank had a lien on the jewelry...

8th Circuit rules railroad employees can sue in state court over disputed drug testing.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright In a railroad case of a different nature, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that two railroad employees could present common-law claims against their employer and a lab that allegedly produced...

Dean Seligman to depart Washington University School of Law.(Joel Seligman for University of Rochester)
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Louis is losing a great legal scholar next year as Joel Seligman, dean of Washington University School of Law and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, has accepted the position as the...

St. Louis construction council addresses problem of technology when collaborating on projects.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess "They use Constructware? But we're using Bricsnet, and the subcontractors are using Buildpoint!" Does this conversation sound familiar to you? It does to many in the construction industry, and the St. Louis Council...

Mortgage applications hit a seasonal decline, according to banker assn. survey.(Mortgage Bankers Association)
December 3, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon Mortgage applications have declined in the fourth quarter and reflect a seasonal pattern and overall slowdown, according to the latest mortgage application survey released last week by the Mortgage Bankers Association....

Mortgage Bankers Assn. offers expanded residential underwriting certification.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon The Mortgage Bankers Association is expanding its educational opportunities by offering both MBA members and nonmembers a new advanced designation of Certified Residential Underwriting for residential real estate....

Missouri Education Briefs: December 3, 2004.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Planning Reform in the New Century On Friday, Dec. 3, and Saturday, Dec. 4, Washington University School of Law will host "Planning Reform in the New Century," featuring keynote speakers Rep. Marcy...

St. Louis-based Benefits Plan Plus adminstrator earns designation.(Jason Oesterlei as Qualified Pension Administrator)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jason Oesterlei, retirement plan administrator of Benefit Plans Plus L.L.C., recently earned his designation as Qualified Pension Administrator. The American Society of Pension Professionals and...

SBC Communications changes focus of St. Louis external affairs regional director's position.(Craig Felzien)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff SBC Communications Inc. recently announced a change in focus for its local external affairs regional director's position. Craig Felzien, SBC regional director for external affairs, will now handle all...

St. Louis-based Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass adds two to staff.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Camille L. Fletcher has joined the litigation practice group at Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass P.C. as an associate. She holds a law degree from Washington University and an undergraduate degree in...

Midwest BankCentre hires manager at St. Charles County branch.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tina Alderson has joined Midwest BankCentre as a branch manager at the WingHaven location in St. Charles County. Her daily responsibilities include providing customer services, working with other staff...

St. Louis-based Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale adds seven associates to firm.
December 4, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. has added seven new associates to the firm. Dustin Deschamp is an associate in the firm's real estate practice group. While in law school, Deschamp...

Clayton-based law firm, Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss, announces staffing changes.
December 4, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Rebecka L. Eggers of Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss P.C., a Clayton-based law firm, was recently appointed vice chair of the important developments and publications subcommittee of the partnerships and...

MO atty. earns certification as National Board of Trial Advocacy civil trial advocate.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Spencer E. Farris of The S.E. Farris Law Firm has achieved certification as a National Board of Trial Advocacy civil trial advocate, which illustrates a commitment to bettering the legal profession and...

MO's Casey Communications names new assistant account executive.(Meghan Brown promoted)(Brief Article)
December 4, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Meghan Brown has been promoted to assistant account executive at Casey Communications after joining the firm in 2003. She was previously a project coordinator following internships with KETC-Channel 9...

St. Louis-based Lashly & Baer adds six associates to firm.(appointments)
December 4, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Lashly & Baer P.C. has added six new associates: Eric S. Christensen, litigation group; Thais A. Folta, medical malpractice; Kathryn B. Forster, governmental agency, corporate and real estate groups;...

Five court divisions in St. Louis City switch to individual docketing.
December 4, 2004... Byline: Donna Walter In January, five judges of the 22nd Judicial Circuit will begin an experiment that's expected to pave the way for individual docketing for the entire circuit court. Judges Robert H. Dierker Jr., Joan Burger,...

Homebuilders bring wrong relief for nuisance claim, MO Court of Appeals rules.(George Ward Builders Inc.)
December 4, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Two home developers asserting claims against a city for ballpark lights that shined into neighborhood homes they developed will have a second chance to state the proper claim of relief in their case. ...

Beneficiary deed invalid, MO Court of Appeals rules.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess One man's death altered his family irrevocably, leaving a wife and a stepson embroiled in a legal battle over a trust sorted out by a divided Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, the majority of which found...

Survey shows compensation for in-house attorneys rising.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Daily Record Staff According to the Altman Weil Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey of U.S. corporate law departments, published in partnership with the Association of Corporate Counsel, 2004 showed an increase in total...

Trial court had jurisdiction to enforce back-pay order, MO Court of Appeals finds.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A St. Charles County trial court has jurisdiction to determine the enforcement of a commission's back-pay order, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, said Tuesday, attributing the delay in the employee's...

Commentary: Using blue cards in your law office to opens new files.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken We are still talking about the various rules that we have in our office for helping us get the work done. As you know, there are five areas that make up every part of every business in the world, the third area is...

Illinois hospital has no duty to notify surrogates until doctor makes written determination.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A duty imposed on Illinois hospitals to look for surrogate decision-makers arises only after a doctor has made a written determination that the patient lacks the capacity to do so, the Illinois Supreme Court held...

Retirement home not property-tax exempt, Illinois Supreme Court holds.(Eden Retirement Center Inc.)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A nursing home and retirement center does not qualify for a charitable-use property tax exemption, the Illinois Supreme Court held Thursday. Reinstating a decision by the Illinois Department of Revenue, the...

Justice Lloyd Karmeier takes Illinois Supreme Court oath of office.
December 8, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Donned in a robe last worn by the late Supreme Court Justice Byron O. House, Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier received the Illinois Supreme Court oath of office by retiring Justice Philip J. Rarick on Monday at...

MO Supreme Court finds couple failed to follow requirements in demand letter.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A couple seeking a 10 percent penalty for a mortgage company's failure to timely release their deed of trust did not follow statutory requirements in their demand letter, the Missouri Supreme Court held Tuesday in a...

MO Court of Appeals says dismissal of property dispute lawsuit was reversible error.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess A trial court's abrupt dismissal of a case with no explanation left the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, little choice but to send the case back for the trial court to finish what it started. Judy...

Court did not err in allowing jury instruction, MO Court of Appeals finds.(Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad Company Inc.)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, did not reverse a jury verdict in favor of a railroad company in a case involving personal injuries sustained while a railroad employee was on the job. ...

MO Supreme Court and MO Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: Dec. 9, 2004.
December 9, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Negligence; jurisdiction Kevin Sexton was injured while working for a construction subcontractor. He filed a lawsuit in Henry County circuit court against the contractor and three of...

Traffic stop search and seizure ruled unlawful by MO Court of Appeals.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A search and seizure at a routine traffic stop which produced evidence that resulted in the conviction of a man as a persistent drug offender was unlawful, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District,...

Plaintiff gets second chance to seek damages in law suit over injuries from electrocution.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A man allegedly electrocuted by Union Electric power lines will have a second chance to seek damages from the electric company for a series of injuries triggered by the shock, the Missouri Supreme Court held Tuesday...

David L. Hoven appointed to fill 20th Circuit associate judgeship.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gov. Bob Holden announced on Wednesday the appointment of David L. Hoven of Pacific, Mo., as associate circuit judge for the 20th Judicial Circuit in Union, Mo. Hoven replaces Associate Circuit...

Missouri investors see real estate as attractive alternative to Wall Street.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon Many investors were burnt by the dot-com bubble burst during the immediate years of the latest century change, so they began looking for other places to put their money. Some might have considered taking a lesson from...

Home prices outpace other costs across country.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight announced last week that average home prices increased nearly 13 percent from the third quarter of 2003 to the third quarter of this year - surpassing the pace of any...

Missouri to encounter the 'Great Escape' experience.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Work has begun on Missouri's first "Great Escape" movie theater. The 14-screen theater will debut in fall 2005 at McEagle's $40 million Caledonia lifestyle retail center bordering WingHaven[R] in...

Clayco Real Estate's St. Louis office hires project director.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff In his new position as a project director, Matt Prickett is responsible for the planning, marketing and administration of real estate development projects for Clayco Real Estate. With more than five...

St. Louis-based Coldwell Banker Commercial adds sales, leasing associate.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA L.L.C. has added Michael A. Zangara as a sales and leasing associate. In his new position, Zangara utilizes his marketing background to locate, facilitate and negotiate the...

St. Louis-based Christner adds architect, urban designer to staff.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff William G. McCuen Jr., LEED AP, has joined Christner as an architect and urban designer for higher education, campus planning and urban design. His professional commitment to design excellence and...

St. Louis-based Murphy Co. names new human resource director.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kathy Johnson has been promoted to human resources director at Murphy Co., the St. Louis area's largest mechanical contractor. Making the announcement was James J. Murphy Jr., chief executive officer....

PRIDE of St. Louis Inc. names owner co-chairman.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Richard J. Schaefer has been named owner co-chairman of PRIDE of St. Louis Inc., the nation's first and oldest voluntary construction industry labor-management organization. He joins Gerald T. Feldhaus,...

Sunset Hills-based Cole & Associates honored by trade publication.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Cole & Associates Inc., a planning, engineering, surveying and landscape architecture firm based in Sunset Hills, Mo., has been selected by Civil Engineering News as one of the 2004 Best Civil...

St. Louis-based Ascent Corp. expands.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ascent Corp. has moved to expanded headquarters at 9643 Olive St. Road in St. Louis. "Our expansion reflects the continuing maturation of the company and our desire to serve clients in the most...

St. Louis-based Ascent Corp. to provide tech support to Greystone Partners.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Greystone Partners Inc., a commercial real estate services company, has selected Ascent Corp. to provide technical support to its information technology systems at its offices at 8047 Litzsinger Road in...

MO's Horner & Shifrin undergoes leadership transition.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Horner & Shifrin's board of directors announced the firm's first major leadership transition in 16 years and only the fourth in the company's 71-year history. Len Kirberg, P.E., who has served as...

St. Paul Travelers relocates its MO office to West Port Plaza.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Paul Travelers Cos., one of the largest property/casualty insurance firms in the area, has moved its headquarters and field offices to West Port Plaza in Maryland Heights, Mo. The firm leased 50,000...

Paric Corp. is rolling ahead on St. Charles convention center.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff While Paric Corp. advances the construction of the new $49 million St Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, Mo., reports are that 26 events have already been lured to the new venue. The facility,...

U.S. Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: December 10, 2004.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Antitrust; statute of limitations; Section 7; airline merger; 'continuing violation' Where plaintiffs brought a private action against defendants, contending that the...

Elizabeth Disana joins Missouri law firm of Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Elizabeth Disana has joined the law firm of Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate in the firm's workers' compensation practice. She is licensed to practice in Missouri and brings experience in government...

Timothy W. Callahan joins Missouri law firm of Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass P.C as an associate.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Timothy W. Callahan has joined the litigation practice group at the law firm of Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass P.C as an associate. He holds a law degree from Saint Louis University and undergraduate...

Two join Missouri consulting firm of Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C.(Chris Ousley and John Hoffman appointed)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Chris Ousley has joined Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. as a senior IT auditor in the security and privacy practice. John Hoffman has also joined the consulting firm as a network administrator in the...

Rosemary Bishop joins The PrivateBank as an associate managing director.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Rosemary Bishop has joined The PrivateBank as an associate managing director. She will design, develop and market financial services tailored to the needs of physicians and other health care...

Jordan B. Cherrick joins Missouri law firm of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jordan B. Cherrick has joined the law firm of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. as an officer in the appellate practice subgroup in the firm's litigation practice group. Cherrick has represented clients...

8th Circuit rules private antitrust case untimely.(Northwest Airlines, Republic Airlines)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a private antitrust action against Northwest Airlines that stems from the 1986 merger of Northwest with Republic Airlines. The...

MO Court of Appeals rules city had no right to seize autos prior to DWI convictions.(Missouri, Driving while intoxicated)
December 11, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess A city's pre-emptive strike against two repeat drunk drivers received a blow when the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, ruled in a case of first impression that the city failed to follow the letter of the law...

Lori Coachman joins the Finance & Accounting Search Team as a senior consultant.(Lori Coachman appointed)(Brief Article)
December 11, 2004... Byline: Staff Lori Coachman has joined F.A.S.T. (Finance & Accounting Search Team), the recruiting division of the firm, as a senior consultant. She brings five years of experience as a help desk/telecom technician to the firm and will be...

Telemarketing statute did not contain 'use it or lose it' clause, MO Court of Appeals says.(Missouri. Court of Appeals (Western District))
December 14, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication). The statute governing the maximum allowed prices for telecommunications services does not include a...

William T. Lohmar appointed to fill 11th Circuit Court vacancy.(Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit)(Brief Article)
December 14, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gov. Bob Holden announced last week the appointment of William T. Lohmar Jr. of St. Charles as associate circuit judge for the 11th Circuit Court in St. Charles. He replaces Judge Ted House, who will...

HealthLink cannot collect fees for making referrals, Illinois appeals court says.(Illinois. Office of the Attorney General)
December 15, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A corporation that creates a network of health care providers can continue to charge members for access to its networks, but it cannot charge the participating providers, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth...

Illinois court says insurer has no duty to tell insured to preserve evidence for potential lawsuit.(Illinois. Supreme Court)
December 15, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A premise liability plaintiff needed more than a phone call to prove his claim that a homeowner's insurance company authorized destruction of material evidence, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in a case that had...

20th Judicial Circuit announces vacancies.
December 15, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Following the election of Judge James K. Donovan to the Appellate Court of Illinois, the 20th Judicial Circuit has a vacancy in the office of circuit judge-at large. The circuit also has a vacancy...

Commentary: Tips for speaking from a collective point of view on behalf of your law firm.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken We are continuing to talk about the various rules we have in our office that enable us to "get the work done" in a timely, efficient and expeditious manner. "Getting the work done" is one of the five areas that make up...

Life insurance proceeds must go to second wife, MO Court of Appeals finds.(Missouri. Court of Appeals (Western District))
December 15, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright Proceeds from a life insurance policy created as part of a marital settlement agreement cannot go to the first wife if the policy became effective after the marriage dissolution, the Missouri Court of Appeals,...

MO appeals court finds Second Injury Fund liable for worker's injury.(Missouri. Court of Appeals (Western District))
December 15, 2004... Byline: Donna Walter There is a difference between the date of an injury and the date it becomes disabling, said a Missouri appeals court, finding that a retired grocery buyer's knee injury pre-existed his carpal tunnel syndrome, which...

Marriage dissolution hearing by drug court commissioner not valid, MO Court of Appeals says.(Missouri)
December 16, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright Given that no evidence entered the proceedings, a Stoddard County circuit judge must dismiss a dissolution of marriage case at one of the party's request, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, ordered...

MO court says attorney had right to report non-lawyer to Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel.(Missouri)
December 16, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication). When an attorney sent a letter to the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel about a nonattorney...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: December 16, 2004.(Golden Delta Enterprises)(Oswego Coal Company Inc.)
December 16, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Municipal; sewer lien Golden Delta Enterprises appeals from the court's judgment denying its petition seeking a declaratory judgment regarding the non-existence of a sewer lien on...