Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) articles from February 2004

Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) archives from February 2004

Commentary: Keeping things in the law office fail-safe with tickler cards.
February 3, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken We are continuing to talk about "fail-safe" administrative systems to be implemented in your law office that enable you to do the administrative things that you need to do in the right way at the right time. If you...

Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District finds manifest injustice in case.
February 3, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A trial court plainly erred in failing to instruct the jury on the definition of "possession" in a criminal case involving the manufacturing of methamphetamine. In State of Missouri, Respondent v. Jason...

Commentary: Legal secretary offers three C's: tips for guarding time.
February 4, 2004... Byline: Christine Ann Hughes We all probably have experienced times when our choices have put us in a position of being overly committed. I recently had a discussion with William Northrip, an attorney at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., about...

Missouri Court of Appeals says exclusionary rule does not apply, reversing circuit court decision.
February 4, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A circuit court misapplied the law when it invoked the exclusionary rule in a license revocation case, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a reversed decision. This is not...

Mayor's Prayer Breakfast part of KC tradition.
February 4, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Kansas City residents have been attending the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast since 1962 when the city became the first in the nation to hold such an event. As they have for 43 years, residents will gather at...

'Daily Record' to salute KC's Legal Leaders.
February 4, 2004... Byline: Staff Writer Do you know someone within the greater Kansas City legal arena who is a great litigator, corporate attorney, professor, judge, paralegal, mentor or advocate for the poor? The Daily Record is putting out the call...

Missouri Court of Appeals reverses wife's maintenance in divorce case.
February 5, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Murphy A wife will not be receiving maintenance from her husband in dissolution of marriage because she did not present enough evidence of her reasonable needs. In Randy Dean Schlotman, Appellant v. Angela Elizabeth...

Punishment in rebuttal sends case back to court.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A man convicted of robbery did not get a fair trial when the state was allowed to argue specific punishment in its rebuttal but did not argue sentencing in the opening portion of the its closing argument....

Circuit court accepting applications to fill Judge Kramer's spot.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Staff Writer The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications for the position of circuit judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit. The position is to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge C. William...

Court rules that there is no evidence that seized items remained the same at time of lab test.
February 9, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A circuit court erred in admitting a lab report that indicated the presence of methamphetamine on seized items into evidence because the state presented no evidence the items' condition remained unchanged...

Jackson Co. courthouse gets a facelift.
February 11, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy When Presiding Judge Jay Daugherty traveled to Paris, France he saw a vision for the Jackson County Courthouse. At the Palace of Justice, he realized Jackson County's courthouse could have the kind of...

Missouri Court of Appeals rules employee's suspension was not a termination.
February 12, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy An employee's notice of suspension was not a notice of termination, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled. In Missouri Aztar Riverboat Gaming Co., LLC., Appellant, v. James Janis...

Emergency landing near Kansas City's Downtown airport sets off stream of litigation.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy When an airplane made an emergency landing near Kansas City's Downtown Airport, it set off a whirlwind of commercial litigation involving the airplane's owner, its insurance company and the company that...

Missouri Court of Appeals reverses 16th Circuit child support order.
February 18, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Despite two amended judgments, a husband and wife appealed their dissolution of marriage, disagreeing on the division of marital property, a $100,000 cash payment to the wife, the amount of child support...

Nomination deadline nears for inaugural 2004 KC Legal Leaders of the Year awards.
February 18, 2004... Byline: Staff Writer Time is running out for those thinking of submitting a nomination for the inaugural 2004 KC Legal Leaders of the Year awards. Many great litigators, corporate attorneys, professors, judges, paralegal and other...

Commentary: Legal issues for business owners to ponder.
February 18, 2004... Byline: Bob Barton You worked for others for years. Finally decided to be your own boss. The new business is open, you've hired several employees, even decided to be a big spender and splurged for several new desks. All is going well....

Commentary: Routing client information copies to other lawyers in the office.
February 24, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken Yes, we are still talking about "fail-safe tips" in the area of administration that allow your law firm to operate on a day-to-day basis almost automatically. In order for these "fail-safe" systems to be automatic,...

Western District Court rules buyer allowed to make individual claim in fraud.
February 25, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A couple who purchased an estate and later found an underground heating oil tank buried on the property will have a chance to return to the circuit court for further proceedings on claims against the...

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School Professor Ellen Suni honored.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School Professor Ellen Suni was honored at the Diastole Wednesday night with the Marvin Lewis Rich Faculty Scholar award. The award is in honor and in memory of...