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

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

Hurricanes not expected to affect funding for Missouri highway projects.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Despite news reports and complaints about the level of so-called pork in the highway bill recently approved by Congress, it appears unlikely cuts will be made to highway projects to help the federal government pay for...

Missouri's gaming commission says area casinos had another good year.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask The three Missouri casinos in the St. Louis metropolitan area continued to rake in the money during the past 12 months ending July 31, according to the state's Gaming Commission 2005 annual report. The report, issued...

Federal highway funds influence Missouri's interstate anniversary spending.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon After two years of stalls, delays and detours, a new federal highway bill passed last month, with many states being offered big promises from political representatives, while critics pointed toward potential potholes....

Class Action Fairness Act slow to impact court system.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson (This article originally ran in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) Six months after the passage of the Class Action Fairness Act, the legislation touted as significant tort...

Commentary: Boomers gaining access to their IRAs.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Dena Frenkel (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Most people stopped celebrating half birthdays when they were children. But this year baby boomers turning 59 1/2...

St. Louis accounting firm of Brown Smith Wallace announces new hires.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Catherine Hentges has joined Brown Smith Wallace as human resources director, and Marie Rasmussen has joined Brown Smith Wallace as a staff accountant in the tax and accounting services group. Rasmussen...

Andrew E. Trout named vice president-underwriting at Missouri Physicians Mutual.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Andrew E. Trout has been named vice president-underwriting at Missouri Physicians Mutual, the state's largest medical professional liability insurance company. Trout is responsible for the firm's...

Millennium Communications Inc. receives 2005 Targeted Advertising and Marketing Awards.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Millennium Communications Inc. recently received two awards in the 2005 Targeted Advertising and Marketing Awards, sponsored by the Business Marketing Association of St. Louis. Millennium earned Best in...

Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. adds six new associate attorneys to firm's St. Louis office.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. has added six new associate attorneys to the firm's St. Louis office. Bryce J. Bartlett has joined the firm's general business litigation practice group. Bartlett...

Harris-Stowe State University hires Chigbo Ofong, Ph.D. as new dean of business administration.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Harris-Stowe State University has hired Chigbo Ofong, Ph.D. as the university's new dean of business administration. An accomplished educator in the field of business administration, Ofong has helped to...

Timothy J. Reichardt joins St. Louis law firm of Behr, McCarter & Potter P.C.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Timothy J. Reichardt has joined the law firm of Behr, McCarter & Potter P.C. as an associate focusing on the area of civil litigation. He holds law and undergraduate degrees from the University of...

Janine Joubert-Dulay appointed to South County regional advisory board at Midwest BankCentre.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Janine Joubert-Dulay, president of Centaur Building Services Inc., has been appointed to the South County regional advisory board at Midwest BankCentre. Joubert-Dulay joined Centaur Building Services in...

Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. hires Melissa Marglous Merlin as an associate attorney.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. welcomes Melissa Marglous Merlin as an associate attorney in the firm's general business litigation practice group. Merlin graduated Order of the Coif from the Washington...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: October 1, 2005.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Agency; driving privileges The Director of Revenue, State of Missouri ("Director") appeals the judgment of the circuit court reinstating the driving privileges of Sheila N. Campbell...

High-profile exposure defended with contemporary cases.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Chet Pleban laughs at the notion of being called a celebrity lawyer. But on the 10th anniversary of the acquittal of former football star O.J. Simpson for the 1994 murders of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and...

Federal appeals judge, prosecutor debate Patriot Act.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright What started as a discussion between a federal appellate judge and a federal prosecutor on expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act last week at Washington University turned into a debate triggered by questions...

More law firms are designating own 'in-house' general counsel.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Jane Pribek (This article originally ran in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication).George and Ira Gershwin wrote a familiar song about the comfort of having "someone to watch over me." Though...

MO Court of Appeals, Eastern District, overturns decision involving contract dispute.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess In a showdown between seemingly conflicting statutes governing venue, the newest, most specific law will always trump the more general of two, explained the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, which overturned a...

MO Court of Appeals Western District denies nephew chance to administer estate.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran in the Daily Record, Kansas City, MO., another Dolan Media publication). A man who financially exploited his elderly aunt during the last few years of her life was properly rejected...

Missouri judiciary, employees assist in hurricane relief effort.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff In the wake of devastating hurricane damage on the Gulf Coast, employees of the Supreme Court of Missouri and its administrative arm, the Office of State Courts Administrator, raised $3,300 for the...

MO COS rules that evidence of prior conviction wrongly admitted in child molestation trial.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess When the state offered evidence of a prior statutory sodomy conviction of a man on trial for child molestation, it effectively tried the man for both crimes at the same time, ruled a divided panel of the Missouri Court...

Commentary: Heads up: New federal rules on electronic discovery.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Paul Mark Sandler (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). In the last decade, electronically stored information, or ESI, has become central to the civil discovery...

Community caring runs St. Charles County Habitat for Humanity.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild A nonprofit organization that's a household name around the globe has significant growth plans in St. Charles County. And many say that's not a surprise. The words "Habitat for Humanity" often lend themselves...

Downtown St. Louis group muses on Busch Stadium's past, future.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley With the final days of Busch Stadium approaching, it was only appropriate that a final luncheon take place for the Downtown St. Louis Partnership in the Stadium Club to a sold-out crowd. To reminisce about the...

New Habitat for Humanity CEO receives baptism by hurricane.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Bill Clements (This article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). Jonathan Reckford had his first three months as CEO of Habitat for Humanity International all...

Controversy hasn't stopped Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Bill Clements (This article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). Whatever the exact reasons behind Millard Fuller's exit from Habitat for Humanity International,...

Henke joins Contegra Construction in St. Louis.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Construction industry veteran Russ Henke has joined Contegra Construction Co. as a principal. Eric Gowin, founder and president of Edwardsville, Ill.-based Contegra, made the announcement. In his...

Vassar joins The Lawrence Group in St. Louis.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Lawrence Group has added Galen Vassar as an interior designer. Vassar's responsibilities include providing interior design services to residential and multifamily clients. She also provides...

Clayco hires Edwards, promotes Strickland, design-building Fluor Headquarters.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jamie Edwards has joined Clayco as a subcontract coordinator. In her new position, Edwards handles subcontractor agreements, tier lien waivers and payroll scheduling for subcontractors. Prior to joining...

St. Louis-based Ranken Technical College acquires new property for expansion.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ranken Technical College has finalized the purchase of two large properties adjoining its current campus, adding more than 100,000 square feet of usable shop and classroom space to its state-of-the-art...

Grunzinger joins St. Louis-based JHOOKER Construction Company.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jerry Grunzinger joined JHOOKER Construction Services as project manager. In this role, he will be responsible for managing the company's construction projects, which include commercial, retail,...

Hurricane Katrina brings prevailing wages to the forefront.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Brian Johnson (This articles was originally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). One of the many construction-related subplots in the story of Hurricane Katrina is the disaster's...

Freddie Mac gives hurricane victims break from payments.
October 7, 2005... Byline: New Orleans CityBusiness Staff Writer (This article was originally published in New Orleans CityBusiness, another Dolan Media publication). Single-family mortgage borrowers whose lives were disrupted by Hurricane Rita may defer...

Green builders can prove sustainable projects cost less.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Alison Ryan (This article was originally published in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR, another Dolan Media publication). Even as the word LEED becomes synonymous with green building, discussion over whether it...

'Sexy bathroom' idea lures admirers to apartment communities in Twin Cities.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Bill Clements (This article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). A bathroom is a bathroom is a bathroom - functional and necessary. Except when the bathroom is...

Hospital offers first medical office building in Columbia, Ill.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Elizabeth's Hospital is launching the first medical office building ever built in Columbia, Ill. The two-story, 30,780-square-foot structure will rise from a four-acre site located off Illinois Route...

American filings jump as troubled companies rush for bankruptcy protection.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Adina Genn (This article was orginally published in the Long island Business News, another Dolan Media publication). American bankruptcy filings jumped to their highest point in history in a single quarter, as financially...

Bankruptcy law encounters perfect storm.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer (This article was originally published in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, another Dolan Media publication). Laws making it tougher to declare bankruptcy are set to go into effect Oct. 17 - just as the number...

Brown Smith Wallace hires David Hudson for its IT group.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff David Hudson has joined Brown Smith Wallace as the internal network operations manager in the information technology group. Hudson provides overall systemwide IT support and leads the internal IT team....

Gas prices affect consumers' choices but long-term impact unclear.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask As high as gasoline prices are now, there appears to be a growing consensus that prices will climb even higher with refining capacity reduced because of the recent hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast. There is some...

State task force finds eminent domain process can be fairer.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask A task force appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt earlier this year believes some abuse of eminent domain has occurred in Missouri and that the process can be made fairer to property owners. The task force this week released...

Chase for gasoline prices and auto sales take another spin.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon The saying goes: The more things change, the more they remain the same. And for those who have paid attention to economic news, global events and local gasoline prices for the past 30 years, a lot of similarities are...

Commentary: The Educated Investor: No asset class rises without corrections.
October 8, 2005... Byline: David Clogg (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). Since everyone else is talking about it, I guess I may as well offer my thoughts on the pending real...

Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. adds Stanley to its business litigation practice group.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. has added Dwayne F. Stanley to its general business litigation practice group. Stanley concentrates his litigation practice in the areas of products liability, insurance...

The Lawrence Group hires new controller.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Lawrence Group has added Karen Musick as controller. Musick's responsibilities include overseeing day-to-day operations in the accounting department. Musick, of St. Louis, has 10 years of experience...

Lashly & Baer P.C. adds five members, five new associates.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Lashly & Baer P.C. has added five new members and five new associates to its firm. Among the new members are: Allison Schreiber Lee, litigation; Tyler S. McClay, litigation and professional liability;...

Carmody MacDonald law firm promotes attorneys to principals, adds new associates.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Carmody MacDonald has promoted attorneys to principal and added new associates. Among the principals are: James R. Cantalin, litigation; Kelly F. Farrell, real estate, employment and...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: October 8, 2005.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Breach of contract; venue Control Technology and Solutions (CTS) appeals from the trial court's order dismissing its lawsuit for breach of contract against Malden R-1 School District...

Legal training program in Riverport proceeds with classroom presence.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Rich Portwood teaches law. He doesn't teach at the law schools of Washington University or Saint Louis University. Neither does he train new recruits at such locations as the Eastern Missouri Law Enforcement Academy on...

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri set to honor supporters of equal access to justice.
October 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Legal Services of Eastern Missouri will honor individuals and organizations that support equal access to justice at its awards luncheon Friday at the St. Louis Pavilion Hotel in downtown St. Louis. ...

Reversal puts existence of Peculiar power plant in jeopardy.
October 11, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan A new $140 million natural gas-fired peaking facility in Cass County is in danger of being destroyed after a recent ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. In StopAquila.org vs. City of...

Gard to head Dolan Media's MO operations, Tedesco promoted to head MO Public Notice Network.(Public Notice)
October 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Veteran law journalist and publishing executive S. Richard Gard Jr. has been named president and publisher of Dolan Media Company's newly consolidated Missouri publishing operations, including Missouri...

Divorce lawyers promote parenting plan.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (This story was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, another Dolan Media publication). When parents with children divorce, their relationship is rarely over. Until the children are old enough to...

Federal court rules seizure of luggage from bus baggage compartment lawful.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter In a 7-5 decision, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that removing a piece of luggage from the luggage compartment of a Greyhound bus in order to seek consent to search the bag is not an unlawful seizure. ...

Survey finds business world changes impacting law firms.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess The business world is ever changing, be it through technological advances, government regulations or shifts in customer needs. And with those changes come an eventual spillover into the legal world, as business and the...

Gard named to head Dolan Media's Missouri operations, Tedesco promoted to head Missouri Public Notice Network.(Public Notice)
October 13, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Veteran law journalist and publishing executive S. Richard Gard Jr. has been named president and publisher of Dolan Media Co.'s newly consolidated Missouri publishing operations, including Missouri...

Two buildings re-enter St. Louis's hot downtown rehab market.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess In 1904, recounted St. Louis City Mayor Francis Slay, the city had a slogan: Anything is possible. With last week's opening of two more buildings, now housing a retailer who moved here from the county, the slogan is...

Alberici Corp.'s headquarters provides example of green building at its best.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess St. Louis is known for many things: the Arch, its pro sports teams, the Anheuser-Busch brewery. Now, St. Louis is home to one more unique distinction - the greenest, most eco-friendly building in the entire world. ...

National Association of Realtors hinders competition, says Department of Justice.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Daily Record-Rochester (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Rochester, NY, another Dolan Media publication.) The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division filed a lawsuit against the National Association of...

Clayco hires Tominia and Brown to work in company's St. Louis office.
October 14, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Carla J. Tominia has joined Clayco as a construction administrator in mission control. Clayco's mission control tracks all designs, documents, meetings and changes, serving as the nerve center for all...

St. Louis-based general contractor McGrath & Associates hires Mark Donaldson.
October 14, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Louis-based general contractor McGrath & Associates has hired Mark Donaldson as an estimator. Donaldson has more than 16 years' experience in the construction industry, with expertise in many areas...

Ascent Power named exclusive eastern Missouri generator distributor.
October 14, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ascent Power L.L.C. has been named the exclusive distributor of a new line of commercial and residential emergency power generators manufactured by Ingersoll-Rand. In Missouri, its territory extends...

PRIDE of St. Louis Inc. stresses productivity, safety at work.
October 14, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Leaders of the region's union construction industry urged workers to give them the tools they need to sell St. Louis as the "best place to build" in the first of a series of job site luncheons planned...

Michael Wild named St. Louis area manager by Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc.
October 14, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael Wild has been promoted to the position of St. Louis area manager at Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc., the U.S. infrastructure arm of Parsons Brinckerhoff, an international planning,...

Paul Sabal joins engineering and architectural firm Ross & Baruzzini.
October 14, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ross & Baruzzini Inc., a leader in engineering and technology special systems design, announced that Paul Sabal, AIA, has joined Ross & Baruzzini as director of health care. As a registered architect...

Eating areas now more creative.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Bernadette Starzee This article originally ran in the Long Island Business News, Long Island, NY, another Dolan Media publication.) A formal dining room is fine for a formal dinner, but for breakfast, snacks or the casual...

Lease-to-own programs can be a win for all.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley (This article originally ran in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, Colorado Springs, CO, another Dolan Media publication.) While not all renters are interested in buying a home, for those who are, lease-to-own...

Pickup truck's collision with ambulance in Jefferson County spurs many lawsuits.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley There is plenty of blame going around regarding an accident earlier this year in Jefferson County that involved a pickup truck and an ambulance and resulted in two fatalities. A number of lawsuits have been filed as...

Report by business-lobbying group says MO businesses pay their fair share in state taxes.
October 15, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Elected Democratic and Republican officials, both on a state and federal level, constantly argue about whether businesses in this country pay enough in taxes. Following the heels on that debate is a report by a...

Pineapple Hospitality is a distribution and marketing co. focused on lodging industry.
October 15, 2005... Byline: Amy Amour When Ray Burger applied for a part-time job as a bellman at a local hotel while still in college, he never knew it would be the beginning of a 25-year career in the hotel industry. Now, he's branching out on his own. In...

Commentary: Tax burden reveals importance of business to government.
October 15, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon "The chief business of America is business." Calvin Coolidge probably never realized the degree to which his words in 1924 would become a common understanding 81 years later as not only federal but state and local...

New wave of defibrillator lawsuits arises.
October 15, 2005... Byline: Reni Gertner (This article originally appeared in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) A new wave of defibrillator litigation is starting to attack businesses that have the devices but don't use...

Commentary: The 'inevitable registration or refusal' approach to copyrights.
October 15, 2005... Byline: Jim Astrachan (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) No one who knows will dispute that registration of a work is not a prerequisite to copyright. Folks just seem to...

4 attorneys form law firm of Edwards, Schramm, Young and Beilenson LLP in Clayton, MO.
October 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Richard H. Edwards, Paul H. Schramm, Michael R. Young and Norton Y. Beilenson, along with their associates, have formed the law firm of Edwards, Schramm, Young & Beilenson L.L.P. with offices at 231 S....

Kent F. Caruthers joins MO law firm of Goffstein, Raskas, Pomerantz, Kraus & Sherman.
October 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kent F. Caruthers has joined Goffstein, Raskas, Pomerantz, Kraus & Sherman as an associate concentrating in litigation and insurance defense. He has been affiliated with the firm since 2003, when he...

Missouri Motor Carriers Association elects officers for the 2005-2006 year.
October 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Motor Carriers Association has elected the following members to officers for the 2005-2006 year: Mike Crumbliss, chairman, of Legget & Platt Inc., Carthage, Mo.; Mike Walker, 1st vice...

First National Bank of St. Louis promotes Tracy Thomas to vice president, regional manager.
October 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff First National Bank of St. Louis has promoted Tracy Thomas to vice president, regional manager. Replacing Thomas as Clayton branch manager will be Janice Furrer. Thomas has been with the bank for more...

Eric Jacobson joins The Barry Law Firm.
October 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Eric Jacobson has joined The Barry Law Firm, which focuses on commercial banking transactions and litigation. He holds a law degree from Saint Louis University and previously worked as a commercial...

Amy Carr joins MO accounting firm of Brown Smith Wallace as operational auditor.
October 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Amy Carr has joined Brown Smith Wallace as operational auditor in the risk management services group. She is responsible for providing internal audit services, including Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and...

Best Lawyers in America 2006 includes 39 Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin attorneys.
October 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Best Lawyers in America 2006 has included 39 Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin attorneys to its list. Among the attorneys from its St. Louis office are: Craig S. Biesterfeld, real estate law; Robert O....

Thomas E. Nutter recruited to teach at Webster University in St. Louis.
October 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Thomas E. Nutter, chair of the intellectual property department at the law firm of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, has been recruited by Webster University in St. Louis to teach as an adjunct professor in the...

Missouri Court of Appeals Case Summaries: October 15, 2005.
October 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Insurance; evidence Utica Mutual Insurance Company appeals the judgment entered upon a jury verdict for the plaintiff, Heartland Payment Systems, L.L.C., on its claim for insurance...

Gallery of St. Louis Legal Pioneers exhibit prompts pride through presentation.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Joan Swartz is proud to be a native St. Louisan. However, for her, this passion is not prompted primarily by sports interests, world-class sciences, outstanding entertainment venues, toasted ravioli or even what high...

Voting begins for next attorney commissioner for MO Appellate Judicial Commission, Eastern District.
October 18, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter Voting is now under way to determine who will be the Eastern District's next attorney commissioner on the Appellate Judicial Commission. Four candidates are running for one vacant seat, created by the Dec. 31...