Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) articles from March 2005

Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) archives from March 2005

Landlord unsuccessful in suit over records access.
March 1, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The 16th Circuit Court did not violate the Sunshine Law by not providing a landlord with specific records of landlord petitions and complaints, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, recently...

Wisc. law firm sees benefit to marketing women in IP practice.
March 1, 2005... Byline: April Rockstead Barker (This article originally ran in Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication). In a novel approach to marketing its intellectual property practice, Michael Best & Friedrich L.L.P....

Commentary: Police dog search decisions demonstrate dual doctrines.
March 2, 2005... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick (This article originally ran in Minnesota Lawyer, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). State constitutional provisions may be construed more broadly to afford greater rights to citizens than...

Commentary: Some facts about billing your clients for facsimiles.
March 2, 2005... Byline: Jim Wirken We are still talking about "tips" in the area of "billing." You will remember that "billing" is the fourth area of the five areas that make up every business in the world. The other four areas are: "clients" or...

MO Supreme Court rules against casino in real property tax question.(Missouri)
March 3, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess "What is the proper standard for appraising the real and personal property of a gambling casino for tax purposes?" The Missouri Supreme Court opened with this query, a question which by the end of the opinion the...

MO-based Walpert Properties adds commercial real estate broker to staff.(Michael C. Erkmann appointed)(Brief Article)
March 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael C. Erkmann has joined Walpert Properties as a commercial real estate broker. He will be specializing in leasing, tenant representation and brokerage of retail property. Erkmann began his...

St. Louis office of HOK names principal for design.(Ripley Rasmus appointed at Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum Inc.)
March 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ripley Rasmus, senior vice president and design principal in the St. Louis office of HOK, has been named office principal for design in the firm's north central region, which includes its St. Louis and...

Clayco's St. Louis office adds three health care facility experts to staff.(Michael Parnas, Joe Green and John Talavera)
March 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco and Forum Studio Inc. have increased their health care facilities experience by adding three industry experts: Michael Parnas, Joe Green and John Talavera. Joining Clayco's institutional...

Construction of Cupples Station Lofts under way in downtown St. Louis.
March 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The historic Cupples Station warehouse district is undergoing another transformation this year with the addition of the Cupples Station lofts. Located at the northeast corner of 11th and Spruce...

Cross Homes readies first display home at St. Charles County's Tudor Trace.(Cross Homes & Associates)
March 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Now that streets are in and its three, one-acre sites are coifed with plantings and multiton boulders, Cross Homes & Associates has begun work on its initial $1 million-plus display at Tudor Trace, a...

Guarantee set to electrify new St. Charles Convention Center.(Guarantee Electrical Co., contract)
March 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Set to open on April 9, the long-awaited St. Charles Convention Center will provide the St. Louis metropolitan area with a new venue for small to midsized exhibitions and conventions. Guarantee...

Downtown rejuvenation shows no sign of slowing down in St. Louis.
March 4, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild Like several urban environments nationwide, there is a booming housing renaissance in downtown St. Louis, and experts say the revitalization trend shows no signs of slowing. The Downtown St. Louis...

Using due diligence on real estate deals to avoid paying in spades.
March 4, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Buying a building requires more than a walk-through and a superficial kicking of tires. For property and development lawyers, this means creating standardized property condition reports whenever their clients go shopping...

Commentary: Block grants headed for the chopping block.(Community Development Block Grant program)
March 4, 2005... Byline: Joe Nathanson (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). CDBG. It's an ungainly acronym, but it stands for a federal program that has been highly popular with mayors and...

Federal eminent domain case draws interest in state of Missouri.
March 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask A number of area residents say they have a stake in how the U.S. Supreme Court rules later this year on a case involving New London, Conn., residents' battle to prevent a developer from using eminent domain to buy their...

Loss of May Department Stores will make it harder for St. Louis region to attract new business.(acquisitions)
March 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask The economic impact of Federated Department Stores Inc.'s buyout of May Department Stores Co. is as yet unclear. However, there already is considerable speculation that the $11 billion deal will result in thousands of...

Missouri state official promotes more proactive approach to attract businesses to state.(Garry Steinhoff )
March 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon It is time to update the way Missouri does business. Just six weeks into his job, Department of Economic Development Director Garry Steinhoff revealed some of his findings and ideas on how the state can be more...

Michael A. Karr joins Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate in workers' compensation practice.(Brief Article)
March 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael A. Karr has joined Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate in the firm's workers' compensation practice. Based in the firm's St. Louis office, Karr represents major insurance carriers and...

Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin partner receives Innovations in Bankruptcy Law Award.(David A. Warfield)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin partner David A. Warfield recently received the first Judge Robert E. Brauer Innovations in Bankruptcy Law Award, presented by Paul H. Berens, the chairman of the...

Law firm of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. announces staffing changes: March 5, 2005.
March 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. is pleased to announce that Jamica D. Dowell has joined the firm as an associate in the employee benefits group. Dowell handles a variety of employee...

Kenny Costa joins Brown Smith Wallace as a senior accountant.(Brief Article)
March 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kenny Costa joins Brown Smith Wallace as a senior accountant in the audit group and tax and accounting services group. He will perform audits, prepare business and individual income tax returns and...

Erika Z. Schenk promoted to counsel at international law firm Bryan Cave L.L.P.(Brief Article)
March 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Erika Z. Schenk has been promoted to counsel at the international law firm Bryan Cave L.L.P. She was also named the co-leader of Bryan Cave's Commercial Practice Business Response Team. As co-leader,...

Missouri Supreme Court and Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: March 5, 2005.
March 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Real property; assessed valuation Casino Aztar and Aztar Missouri Gaming Corp. (collectively "Aztar") own about 37.5 acres of real property along the Mississippi River at...

Young attorney enjoys growing field of legal practice, elder law.(Devin Staley)
March 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff If you are never too old to learn, you are never too young to plan for going the distance. When Devin Staley started his career course, like most young people, he was not sure exactly where he intended...

St. Louis attorney Richard Hughes to receive Award of Honor.
March 8, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess The Lawyers Association of St. Louis is paying honor to longtime St. Louisian Richard L. Hughes of the law firm Mogab & Hughes Attorneys P.C., presenting him with the Award of Honor at its annual dinner on Saturday,...

MO Court of Appeals rules driver not covered by underinsured motorist coverage.
March 8, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A woman was not entitled to collect underinsured motorist insurance after she was hit by an underinsured motorist, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled in a reversed decision. The insurance company...

MO Court of Appeals rules on city's request for preliminary plat for undivided property.
March 8, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A dispute between the city of Kansas City, Mo., and a company requesting a preliminary plat for some undivided property was contested and therefore not entitled to a de novo review by the trial court, the...

Supreme Court of Missouri celebrates investiture of Judge Russell.
March 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Supreme Court of Missouri administered the oath of office for a Supreme Court judgeship to Mary Rhodes Russell during a 2 p.m. ceremony on Monday. Chief Justice Ronnie L. White presided over the...

Commentary: Smoking bans in the workplace raise burning legal issues.
March 9, 2005... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick (This article originally ran in Minnesota Lawyer, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication.) The number of legal disputes regarding tobacco smoking in public places is constantly increasing. In...

Commentary: Billing your clients for the postage they use.
March 9, 2005... Byline: Jim Wirken (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication). This week's article is yet another article providing tips in the area of billing. "Billing," as you will remember,...

Women legislators update Women Lawyers' Assn. of Greater St. Louis on status of bills.(Column)
March 10, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright The female legislators who gathered at the Women Lawyers' Associations of Greater St. Louis' legislative luncheon last Friday delivered heartfelt orations of the changes they see happening at the capitol and the way...

MO Court of Appeals finds exception to 'other insurance' rule.
March 10, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Mapping out an uncharted insurance issue, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, held an indemnification clause in a contract must stand, regardless of similar "other insurance" clauses. Under this ruling,...

Court erred in dismissing prisoner's request for recovery of seized items, MO Court of Appeals holds.
March 10, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Even though a man was convicted of homicide and sentenced to life in prison, his family was still entitled to items seized from his home that were later found "irrelevant" to the case, the Missouri Court of...

St. Louis home builder prognosis mixed for '05.
March 11, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess John Eilermann, president of the Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis, offered up a mixed bag for the homebuilders at the annual President's Address breakfast at the Holiday Inn in Westport. The...

'Cautious optimism' tints 2004 apartment statistics.(market trends in the multifamily housing industry)
March 11, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Anast "Cautious optimism" is the theme of the Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Co. L.L.P.'s publication on 2004 Apartment statistics. RBG & Co. annually surveys clients and industry contacts for the purpose of analyzing market...

Heavy-equipment thieves 'getting more brazen'.
March 11, 2005... Byline: Justin Stranz (This article originally ran in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR, another Dolan Media publication.) John Huddleston had heard a lot of crazy stories as a superintendent for Wildish Standard Paving and...

Commercial developers switch from variable rates to fixed rates.
March 11, 2005... Byline: David Reich-Hale (This article originally ran in Long Island Business News, Long Island, NY, another Dolan Media publication.) Concerned that long-term interest rates may begin to rise after years of record lows, commercial...

Freddie Mac's Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index rises 10.7%.
March 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Freddie Mac announced that its quarterly Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index rose 10.7 percent, on an annual basis, from the fourth quarter of 2003 through the fourth quarter of 2004, up from an 8.4...

Paric Corp. opens downtown St. Louis office.
March 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Paric Corp. is making a major commitment to downtown St. Louis by opening a new branch office at 900 Olive St. "We have developed a strong niche in the renovation of landmark structures downtown,"...

St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum promotes Cheung.(Kerry Cheung)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kerry Cheung, AIA, has been promoted to vice president in the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. Cheung, a member of HOK's health care group, is currently working on Columbia St....

John Eyres joins Ascent Corp. as a business development associate.(Brief Article)
March 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff John Eyres has joined Ascent Corp. as a business development associate. Making the announcement was Phil Horstmann, president of the firm that designs, deploys and manages mission critical technical...

Clayco and Forum Studio increase health care experience by adding three industry experts.
March 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco and Forum Studio Inc. have increased their health care facilities experience by adding three industry experts: Michael Parnas, Joe Green and John Talavera. Joining Clayco's institutional...

June Roesslein Interiors now in Chesterfield, MO.(Brief Article)
March 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff June Roesslein Interiors has moved to these new offices at 17899 Chesterfield Airport Road, Chesterfield, MO 63005. Founded in 1976, the company employs 16 professionals who provide residential, custom...

Realtors add condos, co-ops to the monthly sales figures.(National Association of Realtors)(Brief Article)
March 11, 2005... Byline: Bob Geiger (This article originally ran in St. Paul Legal Ledger, St. Paul, MN, another Dolan Media publication.) Beginning with its January report, the National Association of Realtors will include condo and co-op sales in its...

Proposals to ban indoor smoking have St. Charles-area restaurant owners, others on edge.
March 12, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask When Terry Jones opened Wiliker's Restaurant and Bar in St. Charles in 1985, his establishment featured only four non-smoking tables. Now, 20 years later, there is a complete reversal with the restaurant having only four...

Ban on indoor smoking could impact St. Louis County casinos.
March 12, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask A proposal now before the St. Louis County Council to ban indoor smoking has drawn the ire of some local officials and could have huge ramifications on the local gambling industry. Maryland Heights officials believe...

Commentary: MO smokers smolder, say ordinances promote segregation.(Missouri)(Column)
March 12, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon The evidence is undeniable. Smokers and nonsmokers can agree that the use of tobacco does increase a risk of developing various physical ailments. Beyond that point, the aroma of accord quickly stales. Nonsmokers...

Seven to receive leadership awards at Coro Leadership Awards Celebration.(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Seven individuals have been selected to receive leadership awards at the annual Coro Leadership Awards Celebration on Thursday, May 19. The honorees are: Peter Sortino and Rudy Nickens, St. Louis...

St. Louis-based Buckingham Asset Management names firm principals.(Ken Katzif and Vladimir Masek appointed)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Buckingham Asset Management Inc., a registered investment advisor with headquarters in St. Louis, named Ken Katzif and Vladimir Masek principals of the firm. Katzif, who joined Buckingham in 2002, also...

MO's Benefit Plans Plus hires senior consultant.(Robert Higgins, Missouri)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Robert Higgins has joined Benefit Plans Plus as senior consultant and leader of the newly created fiduciary services practice. He is responsible for consulting fiduciaries in defining and fulfilling...

Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi names new partner.(Douglas D. Churovich)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Douglas D. Churovich of Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi L.C. was recently made a partner of the firm. His practice areas include patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, Internet law,...

Moore Stephens North America adds to Executive Committee.(Jeff Smith appointed)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Moore Stephens North America Inc., the North American regional member of Moore Stephens International Ltd., has selected Jeff Smith, managing member of Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C., to serve on the...

Ameristar Casinos exec. to serve third term as president of MO Riverboat Gaming Assn.(Troy Stremming for Missouri Riverboat Gaming Association)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ameristar Casinos Inc. executive Troy Stremming, vice president of governmental affairs, will serve a third term as president of the Missouri Riverboat Gaming Association. Prior to being elected...

Midwest BankCentre names new VP of credit and risk management.(Mitch Bridges promoted)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Mitch Bridges has been promoted to vice president of credit and risk management at Midwest BankCentre, where he will oversee the credit quality of the bank's loan portfolio and supervise the bank's team...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: March 12, 2005.
March 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Defamation; procedure Fred Weber Inc., brought an action alleging defamation and civil conspiracy. Thomas Diehl, the relator herein and the defendant in the underlying action, filed a...

Commentary: Real estate and law only part of St. Louis-area family's mission.
March 14, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Family values can be described as being those characteristics a group invests to establish the foundation upon which their lives are built. As those lives grow, they have the opportunity to expand with skills and...

MO Court of Appeals orders dismissal of defamation lawsuit.
March 15, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, struck a blow for freedom of speech when it ordered a St. Louis County judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by Fred Weber Inc. against an opponent of the...

Bar Assn. of Metropolitan St. Louis names Inventor of the Year.
March 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis' Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section has named Dr. Ronald S. Indeck the 2005 Missouri Inventor of the Year. Indeck, Das Family distinguished professor...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel issue judgment in alienation of affection case.
March 16, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter A wronged wife will have to go back to bankruptcy court to try to collect a $50,000 alienation of affection judgment she won against the other woman six years ago, according to a decision handed down last week by the...

Written explanation of decisions could change face of securities arbitration.
March 16, 2005... Byline: Paul D. Boynton (This article originally ran in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication). Investors or employees involved in disputes with brokerage firms could ask for a written explanation of...

Commentary: Don't let your law firm's office supplies become overhead.
March 16, 2005... Byline: Jim Wirken We are still talking about "tips" in the area of billing. You will remember there are five areas that make up every business in the world; they are as follows: "clients" or "customers," "administration," "getting the...

Commentary: Employment law implications of NCAA tournament pools.(National Collegiate Athletic Association)
March 17, 2005... Byline: John Finerty (This article originally ran in Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication). The NCAA college basketball tournament starts this week. Tournament time also means that someone in the office...

'One family-one judge' system upheld by MO Supreme Court.(Missouri)
March 17, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter Editor's note: This article is the first of two parts about the Missouri Supreme Court's decision in In the Interest of S.M.H. Part 2 will be published in the issue of March 22. In a 4-3 decision, the Missouri...

Appellate Judicial Commission seeks applicants for vacancy.(missouri court of appeals)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Appellate Judicial Commission now is accepting applications for the position of judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, to fill the vacancy due to the resignation of Judge William...

People look at more places to call home.(second homes)
March 18, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline (This article originally ran in Colorado Springs, CO, another Dolan Media publication). Second homes aren't just for vacation anymore, and they aren't the exclusive property of the very-well-to-do. In 2004,...

Construction ranks high in alcohol, drug abuse.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Brian Johnson (This article originally ran in Finance & Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). Excuses? Steve Gordon has heard them all. Gordon, president of Team Inc., a St. Paul-based employee...

Paric Corp. working at full steam on new St. Louis medical center.
March 18, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Despite an extremely tight urban construction site, Paric Corp. is rapidly advancing construction of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center at the Washington University School of Medicine. The more...

Nation's highways hit end of the road.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Sean Ryan (This article originally ran in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication). Nothing lasts forever, not even freeways. Next year, the country will hit the 50-year anniversary of the 1956...

2005 outlook for commercial real estate predicts office price hikes.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Sofia Kosmetatos (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). A rebounding office market will likely bring rental price spikes in some national markets as early as next...

Horner & Shifrin's St. Louis office hires environmental scientist, helps tsunami victims.(Brief Article)
March 18, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Christina Warmann has joined Horner & Shifrin Inc., engineers/architects/planners, as an environmental scientist. Warmann's expertise includes performing wetland delineations and formulating stormwater...

Gershman Mortgage adds commercial loan officer to St. Louis office.
March 18, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gershman Mortgage announced Mark Seigel has joined the company as a commercial loan officer in Gershman's St. Louis office in Clayton. Seigel will focus on financing multifamily housing, nursing homes,...

St. Louis Business Calendar: March 18, 2005.(Calendar)
March 18, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff 2005 Tax Reassessment Seminar The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry in partnership with the Joseph C. Sansone Co. and UMB Bank present the "2005 Tax Reassessment Seminar: Its Impact on Your...

Realtors and landscapers urge sellers to focus on curb appeal.(Reprint)
March 18, 2005... Byline: Ken Miller (This article originally ran in the Idaho Business Review, Boise, ID, another Dolan Media publication). If you're thinking about putting your house on the market this spring and have followed all the advice about how...

St. Louis area firms vie for venture capital.(2005 InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum)
March 19, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask A total of eight companies from the St. Louis area are among the 28 firms that have been invited to pitch their businesses to prospective investors at the 2005 InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum. Five of the St....

Commentary: Limits cannot afford loss of responsible gamesmanship.(regulations of Gambling industry)
March 19, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon The marketing campaign promised big payoffs with slot machines waiting to deliver unlimited jackpots. Television commercials showed well-dressed, happy people winning at every table. And some elected officials have said...

Ten chosen as Kansas City's 2005 Legal Leaders.(achievements and awards of legal occupants)
March 19, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The (Kansas City) Daily Record's 2005 KC Legal Leaders of the Year award recipients have been chosen by a panel of their peers for going above and beyond the call of duty in the name of justice through...

Missouri Supreme Court and Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: March 19, 2005.
March 19, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Personal injury; venue In November 2001, Bobbie Mullins filed a personal injury suit in the St. Louis city circuit court against Trans World Airlines, Inc., and International Total...

Gaming industry watches as MO legislators struggle to balance this year's budget.(Missouri)
March 19, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Passage of legislation that would raise the taxes Missouri's casinos pay to state government remains problematical, although some legislators are at least considering the possibility in order to balance what is again an...

Gov. Blunt looks to St. Charles County to fill DED position.(appointment of Randa Hayes at Department of Economic Development of Missouri by Matt Blunt)
March 19, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Gov. Matt Blunt appears ready to pick yet one more St. Charles County resident to fill an important post in state government. At the end of this month David E. Seamon leaves his job as director of business...

Jefferson County lawyer scores points coaching high school wrestlers.
March 21, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Theseus is credited with composing the first rules of classic wrestling in 900 B.C. Wushu originated as a martial art discipline in prehistoric China. And many Native Americans have lived for centuries by the belief that...

Commentary: Friendly intentions could lead to favoritism in the workplace.(Editorial)
March 22, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Editor's note: This is the fourth installment in a series of 10 to address lawsuits originating from the workplace and how they might be avoided. Many people enjoy a friendly workplace. Whether employer or employee...

St. Charles City firefighter helps businesses cope with disaster.
March 22, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Before dawn the building was burning, the flames were through the roof, and the smoke formed a thick cloud visible for miles. As they peered out through the window of their crimson pickup truck,...

Some Missouri lawyers find worker compensation bill misguided.
March 22, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Passage of legislation last week by both the Missouri House and Senate - and anticipated to be officially approved by Gov. Matt Blunt following a spring break - is being called misguided by many trial lawyers. The...

One family-one judge' system 'upheld by Missouri Supreme Court.
March 22, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter This is the second of two articles about the Missouri Supreme Court's decision in In the Interest of S.M.H. The first article, which covered the issue of the request for a change of judge, was published on March 17....