Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) articles from August 2002

Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) archives from August 2002

Property free and clear of lien after confirmation of sale.
August 1, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Property sold by Jackson County according to the land tax collection law was free of a municipal lien after the court confirmed the sale. Dean Realty Company purchased the property September 1997, after Jackson...

Kansas City atty. focuses on helping people.
August 2, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Attorney Anne WehageZickwolf has a rather eclectic background compared to most lawyers, but one common thread runs through all of her experiences: helping people. Prior to attending law school, WehageZickwolf was...

Daily Record columnist named Lon Hocker Award winner.
August 5, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Denise Henning knew they were going to announce the winners by August 1. As time went by, she was less and less hopeful. In fact, she had pretty much given up by July 29. That day, during a break in trial...

Bankruptcy act denies creditor action against debtor in good standing.
August 6, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele A debtor who files for bankruptcy, but is in good standing in her debts, is safe from repossession of her property during the bankruptcy proceedings the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri...

Judge must determine if work caused, aggravated injury.
August 8, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Whether a woman's injury was caused by her work or if it was due to the natural progression of an existing problem was a question an appellate court was left with after reviewing a recent workers' compensation case....

Jackson County prosecutor appointed associate circuit judge.
August 9, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Stepping away from the political arena, Jackson County's newest judge hopes to don the robe and begin his new duties soon. Robert Beaird, Jackson County prosecutor, was appointed associate circuit judge for...

Earned income credit is not exempt from bankruptcy.
August 14, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Earned income credit is not local public assistance according to Missouri statutes, and therefore is not exempt in a bankruptcy filing. Pamela J. Demars claimed her EIC from her 2001 federal income tax refund as...

Employment need not be primary cause of injury for claim.
August 15, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Workers' Compensation claims do not require an injury to be a result of employment, but merely that the injury had "arisen out of and in the course of employment." The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western...

Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax keeps public informed about funding.
August 16, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Most organizations merely keep their annual reports on file in barely advertised locations, but Jackson County's Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax wants its public to know exactly what is going on. COMBAT held its...

Tax refund not exempt from Chapter 7 filing.
August 20, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri has previously found that a tax refund is property of a debtor's bankruptcy estate, and therefore subject to turnover to the trustee. But under...

Is Missouri's DWI law adequate?
August 21, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Do legislators need to go back to the drawing board and rewrite portions of Missouri's state statute regarding driving while intoxicated? Five Kansas City attorneys put that question and others to the test...

Contractor responsible for own negligence.
August 26, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele A general contractor must pay for its own negligence, and cannot expect its subcontractor to indemnify more than the subcontractor's own negligence. The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District...

Officer allowed to request second chemical test.
August 27, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele Despite a dispute as to whether or not a man refused to take a chemical breath test, an appellate court found he did refuse to take a second chemical test, which is cause for revocation of his driver's license. ...

City must justify ordinance banning erotic dancing.
August 28, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele A city must justify an ordinance preventing negative secondary effects of expression before it is enacted, so as not to hinder a person's First Amendment rights. Although the expression at issue in G.Q. v. City of...

Communication between father, son defies abandonment finding.
August 30, 2002... Byline: Sheila Thiele A father's letters to his young son while he was incarcerated provided evidence disproving he had abandoned the child. A circuit court terminated the man's rights not long after his release from prison, finding he...