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

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

Commentary: Fail-safe tips for creating overtime, sick pay and vacation time.
June 1, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken We are now at the end of all of the topics regarding the area of "administration" that is one of the five areas that make up every business in the world. As you know, the other areas are "customers" or "clients,"...

Commentary: Tools for evaluating your own performance.
June 2, 2004... Byline: Christine Ann Hughes Learning how your performance has been evaluated by others is the experience most employees dread. Nevertheless, many law firms have regular performance evaluations to help employees identify areas in which...

Woman injured at hospital will not get a new trial.
June 3, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A woman injured in the parking garage of Children's Mercy Hospital will not receive a new trial, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a reversed and remanded opinion. The...

Supreme Court hears arguments in ballot issue.
June 3, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Missouri Supreme Court judges heard arguments Tuesday afternoon on whether or not the Secretary of State should have acted on putting together a special election for an August Ballot on whether or not gay...

Missouri Court of Appeals rules daughter emancipated.
June 4, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Despite the fact a confusion regarding a prerequisite course resulted in a student having to drop her status to eight credit hours, it was not manifest circumstances preventing her from being emancipated...

Versent VP to write new column for The Daily Record.
June 4, 2004... Byline: Staff Writer Doug Washington, Vice President of Versent, a Kansas City-based technology support company will be writing a new column for The Daily Record. The column, entitled "Tech Tips," will focus on helping non-technical...

Commentary: Is your computer spying on you?
June 4, 2004... Byline: Doug Washington Is your computer running slow? Is it making strange noises or seemingly operating on its own? Well, it might be spying on you, too. Computers can become infected with more than just viruses, Spyware and Adware can...

Suni named Interim Dean of Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Professor Ellen Suni has a new role at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. She has been named Interim Dean of the Law School. "It's sort of been an ongoing thing," Suni said. ...

Supreme Court of Missouri approves special election on gay marriage.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The Supreme Court of Missouri denied the Attorney General's writ of mandamus without prejudice, but held the Secretary of State still has an obligation to honor Gov. Bob Holden's proclamation for a special...

MO Court of Appeals rules employee must be tried again to determine misconduct.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Because a Labor and Industrial Relations Commission didn't consider all the disputed facts in a sexual harassment case, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District reversed and remanded the...

Commentary: Make summer feel more like summer.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Erika Wirken One thing I have noticed, as I am no longer a student, is that summer is not what it used to be. For lots of young lawyers the switch from law school to real jobs is a transition that is exciting but also daunting....

Housing could factor into election choices in November.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon What is the top political issue facing political campaigns between now and November? Foreign policy? National security? Domestic job opportunities? Health and insurance costs? Education? How about residential real...

Commentary: How do you score on administrative procedures?
June 8, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken Every business needs five things to survive and thrive. Clients, administrative procedures, procedures for getting the work done, a method to bill, and a way to collect the bill. In the past weeks, we have been...

Gov. Holden signs Sunshine Law.
June 9, 2004... Byline: Staff Writer Gov. Bob Holden signed Senate Bill 1020, et al, the Sunshine Law bill, supported by the Missouri Press Association. The bill's open meetings and open records provisions will become effective Aug. 28. Among...

Attorneys, judges lend a helping hand to veterans.
June 10, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy At age 52 Donald Brown is a homeless war veteran. When he received a ticket for driving with a suspended license - he pointed out he does not even have a license - he did not have the money to pay court...

Courts closed Friday.
June 10, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy In honor of the late President Ronald Reagan, several area courts will close their doors on Friday. The Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Missouri Jackson County Courthouse will be closed along with the...

Attorney calls state law 'legalized theft'.
June 10, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Attorney Bruce Campbell is concerned about a new state law that allows non-profit organizations to take private property without compensation. Campbell, an attorney with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin,...

Kansas City Legal Secretaries Association awards scholarship.
June 11, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The Kansas City Legal Secretaries Association surprised the winner of their annual scholarship Wednesday night by honoring him with the Missouri Association of Legal Secretaries scholarship. KCLSA...

Commentary: Family law is great place for young lawyers to begin.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Chris Wirken Looking for some really intensive experience with litigation and diverse problems to solve? Want exposure to circumstances that will prepare you for most anything a client, opposing counsel, opposing party, court or...

Commentary: Evaluating your fail-safe tips score in the first two business areas.
June 15, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken As I said last week we have now reached the end of the section about the second of five things that make up every business in the world. You will remember that those five (5) things are as follows: 1. Clients or...

Murder suspect to get a new trial.
June 16, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A man who claims he suffers from a developmental disorder known as Asperger's Syndrome will have a second chance to prove his innocence in a first-degree murder case. In State of Missouri, Respondent v....

MO Court of Appeals rules stable may be liable for negligence.
June 17, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A stables' release of liability form does not wave "any and all" claims resulting from injuries sustained at the stables, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a reversed and...

Attorney receives KC Community Foundation Donald H. Chisholm award.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Kansas City attorney Roger Hurwitz of Husch & Eppenberger was honored with the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation's Donald H. Chisholm award for his lifelong commitment of helping his clients...

Commentary: Sometimes must agree to disagree.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Dana McFarland In thinking about this week's article, I was reflecting on my dealings with opposing counsel in past cases. I came to the conclusion I just don't understand why sometimes we can't agree to disagree. When entering a...

Commentary: Keep everything organized so you can get the work done.
June 22, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken As I promised you last week, this week we are going to start talking about the next area in the five things that it takes to make up every business in the world. You will remember that the first thing was "clients or...

Court of Appeals reverses summary judgment.
June 23, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The Circuit Court of Jackson County erred in granting a summary judgment in favor of two insurance companies on a chiropractic clinic's petition for declaratory judgment to determine the validity of a...

Clinton, Mo. landowner did not violate zoning.
June 25, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A landowner in Clinton, Mo. did not violate the city's zoning ordinance by growing grasses and flowers on a property zoned as a single-family residential district, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the...

Edwin Smith elected Chief Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals.
June 28, 2004... Byline: Staff Writer The judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District have elected Edwin H. Smith as Chief Judge. Judge Smith will serve a two-year term commencing July 1, 2004. The Chief Judge serves as chief...

MO Court of Appeals rules convict's pre-trial statement does not prove standing.
June 28, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District denied a man's request for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief because he objected to various concepts adopted from Alcoholics Anonymous and...

Commentary: The big news out of Jeff City: DNA Sampling.
June 28, 2004... Byline: Tony Miller I don't know about you, but I will sleep better tonight knowing that in the future, advertisements for "gentlemen's clubs" will not be seen within view of most major highways in Missouri. According to A.P. writer Bill...

Commentary: There is no substitute for getting the work done, tips to help.
June 29, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken This week we continue to talk about "tips" on "getting the work done." You may be highly successful in getting clients, you may be very well-organized with your administration, but if you don't get the work done, the...

Microsoft settles antitrust lawsuit.
June 30, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy There was a lot at risk when Shughart Thomson & Kilory P.C.'s Pheonix, Ariz. office took on an antitrust lawsuit against software giant Microsoft. On Monday, the firm announced Microsoft has agreed to...