Missouri Lawyers Weekly articles from August 2004

Missouri Lawyers Weekly archives from August 2004

Missouri Bar Exec Wins National Award.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Missouri Bar announced that the National Association of Bar Executives has selected Keith A. Birkes, the organization's executive director, to receive the prestigious Bolton Award for Professional...

St. Louis City Circuit Court Judge Grady Increases Jury Verdict.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On May 24, St. Louis City Circuit Court Judge Thomas Grady increased a jury verdict in a railroad crossing accident case from $2.975 million to $3.5 million. In February, the jury awarded $2.975...

Cape Girardeau Lawyer Killed In Farming Accident.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Cape Girardeau lawyer Jeffrey S. Maguire died June 9 after a tractor he was operating overturned on him at his farm near Fredericktown, Mo. Maguire's condition was stabilized at the Madison County...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Death In Railroad Crossing Case Results In $12M Verdict.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Anne C. Vitale The parents of a 20-year-old man killed in a railroad crossing accident have won a $12 million verdict in their Jackson County case against Kansas City Southern Railway. The accident spawned two wrongful death...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Wuestling & James in St. Louis an-nounced that Eric B. Krauss has joined the firm as an associate concentrating his practice in the areas of construction law, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith...

Mo. Court of Appeals' Western District Issues Major Ruling On Med-Mal Damage Caps.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A deceased woman's husband and two children should be considered only one plaintiff for the purpose of calculating damage caps in their wrongful death case against her doctors, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Western...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2008: Mustang Subject Of Products Suit.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Confidential Settlement The parents of a teenager who died in an automobile accident sued Ford Motor Company for products liability. On Dec. 8, 1999, Aaron Dawes, 17, was driving his 1972 Ford...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Mining Facility Refused To Pay Contractor.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $642,254 Verdict A company that made repairs at a mining facility sued for breach of contract. Bloomsdale Excavating was contacted to make repairs on the 30-year-old "A" Hopper at the Doe Run...

Mo. Court of Appeal Eastern District Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Admiralty Work- Related Heart Attack - Barge Engineer - Foreseeability Where the wife of a barge engineer who died of a heart attack caused by work-related stress and fatigue that contributed...

Mo. Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Disqualified Judge - New Judge - Assignment Where a judge who was disqualified from a civil case assigned an underlying circuit court case to another judge, the assignment was...

Mo. Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Rule 29.15 Motion - Insufficient Findings Where a motion court failed to address specific issues regarding the ineffective assistance of a criminal defendant's trial counsel, the...

United States Court Of Appeals 8th Circuit Case Summaries: August 2, 2004.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Standing - Cognizable Injury - Failure To Raise Where plaintiffs brought a declaratory judgment action against the U.S. Department of Agriculture claiming a sewage-treatment...

Mo. Court of Appeals' Western District Rules 'Custody' At Issue When Time Changed With Child.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Where a dissolution decree stated that a father and mother were to be joint physical custodians, a subsequent motion to modify the child's time with each parent --however slight -- was an attempt to modify custody,...

8th U.S. Circuit Court Rules No Liability For 'Single Incident' Sex Harassment.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones An employer could not be held vicariously liable for a single incident of supervisor sexual harassment, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled 2-1 in a case of first impression. The plaintiff argued...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Woman Injured By Dog.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict A 32-year-old woman who claimed she suffered a dog bite sued the owner for premises liability. On Sept. 20, 2002, Mrs. Davis went to the Tritschler home in rural Boone County to...

Verdicts & Settlements August 2, 2004: Van Broadsided Near Highway Ramp.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $325,000 Settlement A 36-year-old man injured in an accident with a van sued for his injuries. On Aug. 1, 2000, Everett Davis was driving south on Genessee in Kansas City. At the same time the...

Firms Adopting Corporate Structure.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff "New trends within the legal profession are reshaping the practice of law as law firms rethink their traditional structures and employ corporate business models to enhance client service, streamline...

KC Annual Leadership Academy Beginning Next Month.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and a host of other KC-area bar associations will present the 2nd Annual Greater Kansas City Bar Leadership Academy beginning next month. The program's...

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Delivery Man Fell In Burger King.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Confidential Settlement A delivery man who slipped and fell in a fast food restaurant sued for premises liability. On Aug. 5, 2002, Edwin Bevers was delivering frozen food to a Burger King in St....

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Patient Had No Food For 19 Days.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict The wife of a 62-year-old man who died in the hospital after going without food for 19 days sued for medical malpractice. On June 20, 1999, Donald Link began experiencing...

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Environmental Case Retried On Punitives.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $5 Million Verdict Two landowners sued US Bank (f/k/a Mercantile Bank) and a hauling contractor for actual and punitive damages arising out of the defendants' unlawful dumping of PCB-contaminated waste...

Verdicts & Settlements August 9, 2004: Man Suffered Brain Injury At Hospital.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $9 Million Settlement A man who suffered a brain injury from lack of oxygen during a hospital stay sued for medical malpractice. On Feb. 4, 2002, the plaintiff suffered an injury at work that...

Former University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law Dean Dies.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law announced the sudden death of Timothy Heinsz, former dean of the School of Law and Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the...

Interim Report of the Special Committee on Lawyer Advertising In Mo.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Summary: For approximately one year, the Special Committee on Lawyer Advertising, appointed by Missouri Bar President Bill Corrigan, has been reviewing the current enforcement of the Missouri Rules of...

Mo. Court of Appeals' Eastern District Rules Limitation Of Lesbian Mom's Visitation Ruled Improper.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A divorce decree that precluded a mother from sharing a bedroom with her lesbian partner during overnight visitation must be reversed, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District has ruled in a case of first...

Mo. Court of Appeal Western District Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Sale Of Property - Restrictions - Merger Even though contractual restrictions prohibiting the sale of a cemetery to a competitor and providing for a right of first refusal were not...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Appellate Panel Case Summaries: August 9, 200.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Foreclosure Sale - Appeal - Mootness Where a debtor appealed an order of the bankruptcy court granting a creditor's request for relief from the automatic stay, the foreclosure sale...

Mandatory Child-Abuse Reporting Law Upheld By Missouri Supreme Court.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A statute that requires healthcare professionals to make a report to the state if they have "reasonable cause to suspect" child abuse is not void for vagueness, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled in a 4-2 decision....

Missouri Bar Committee Targets Advertising By Lawyers.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Aaron Brown New proposals by a Missouri Bar committee to restrict lawyer advertising, direct mail and personal solicitation are generating significant controversy, according to attorneys. Supporters say the rules are necessary...

Mo. Court of Appeal Eastern District Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Domestic Relations Child Support - Retroactive - Imputed Income Where a trial court in a dissolution imputed a monthly salary to husband based on the salary of a plastic surgeon when the...

Mo. Court of Appeal Southern District Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Drug Distribution - Incriminating Statements - Evidence Where a criminal defendant charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute admitted when he was...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Eric S. Christensen and Kathryn B. Forster have joined Lashly & Baer in St. Louis as associates. Christensen, who holds a JD from St. Louis University and a bachelor's degree from William Jewell...

Mo. Court of Appeals' Western District Says Husband's Prima Facie Tort Claim OK.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Where a wife obtained property in a divorce but agreed not to convey it to a competitor of the husband, he could sue her for prima facie tort when she tried to "gift" it to a competing business, the Missouri Court...

Mo. Supreme Court Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Constitutional Child Abuse Hotline - Mandatory Reporting - Criminal - Health Care Workers Where Missouri statutes required health care workers and child care workers to report suspected child...

U.S. Court Of Appeals 8th Circuit Case Summaries: August 9, 2004.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Statute Of Limitations - Service - Hague Convention - North Dakota Law Where a healthcare corporation brought a breach of warranty claim against a Dutch corporation for the...

Verdicts & Settlements August 16, 2004: Railroad Worker Injured Back Operating Endloader.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.1 Million Verdict A Norfolk Southern Railway employee who suffered a back injury filed a Federal Employer Liability Act case. In November 2001 Rick Beldon was operating a front endloader in...

Verdicts & Settlements August 16, 2004: Foundation Cracks Lead To Suit Against Builder.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.2 Million Verdict A St. Charles couple who claimed their new home had severe defects sued for breach of implied warranty and negligent misrepresentation. Wayne and Katy Van Winkle contracted...

Defense Verdict Followed Botched Circumcision In Boone County Circuit Court.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Geri L. Dreiling A pediatrician who amputated the tip of a baby's penis during a circumcision won a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case filed in Boone County. The doctor had only recently begun using a circumcision...

St. Charles County Jury Rules Bank Must Pay $5M Punitive Award For Waste Dumping.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Anne C. Vitale Two landowners who sued U.S. Bank over the illegal dumping of PCB-tainted waste on their property have won $5 million in punitive damages in their St. Charles County case against the bank. U.S. Bank, formerly...

Lawyers In St. Louis Challenge Development Plan.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The St. Louis law firm of Blitz, Bardgett & Deutch LC announced that it has offered an opinion "directly challenging the viability of the City of St. Peters to proceed with its intended issuance of...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: August 16, 2004.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Thomas G. Glick and Karen I. Finley announced the formation of their new law firm, Glick Finley, a full-service firm with special emphasis on elder law, probate administration, estate planning, taxation...

Mo. Court of Appeal Southern District Case Summaries: August 16, 2004.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Sexually Violent Predator - Actuarial Tests - Evidence Where an expert in a commitment proceeding for a sexually violent predator testified about the defendant's risk of...

U.S. Court Of Appeals 8th Circuit Court Case Summaries: August 16, 200.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Employer - Employee Discrimination - ADA - Pretext Even though a city employee presented a prima facie case of race and disability discrimination after she was twice denied a promotion, the...

Verdicts & Settlements August 16, 2004: Man Sued Surgeon For Unnecessary Operation.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1 Million Verdict A 47-year-old man who claimed his neurosurgeon performed unnecessary back surgery sued for medical malpractice. On Nov. 13, 1998, Rodin Hernandez was sweeping the floor at Metal...

8th U.S. Circuit Court Rules $6M Punitive Verdict In Harassment Case Excessive.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Paul J. Martinek A $6 million punitive damage award in a race harassment case was excessive where the plaintiff was awarded $600,000 in compensatory damages and the jury was permitted to consider evidence of harassment not suffered...

Mo. Court of Appeals' Rules Company Not Strictly Liable For Re-Sale Of Defective Lift.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Anne C. Vitale The family of a man who died in an accident involving a defective manlift could not sue the company that sold the used manlift for strict liability, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District has ruled in a case...

Mo. Court of Appeal Eastern District Case Summaries: August 16, 2004.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Interlocutory Appeal - Timeliness - Criminal Case Where a trial court in a criminal case granted a defendant's motion to suppress evidence and the state filed an...

Gay Marriage & Employee Benefits Seminat To Be Held In St. Louis.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On Wednesday, Aug. 18, the St. Louis office of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP will host a free seminar entitled "Same-Sex Marriages and Employee Benefits." The seminar will provide human resource...

Southwest Missouri Prosecutor Warns Against Truancy.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A southwest Missouri prosecutor issued a stern warning Aug. 5 to parents: Make sure your children are in school, or you could end up in jail, the Associated Press reports. Parents could be locked...

Mo. Court of Appeal Western District Case Summaries: August 16, 2004.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Requested Relief - Judgment - Finality Where a trial court denied the injunctive relief sought by a general partner in an action against limited partners but the court did...

Verdicts & Settlements August 16, 2004: Man Killed When Tractor Flipped.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict The family of a man who was killed when the tractor he was operating flipped over backwards sued for products liability. In late April 1999, the man bought a tractor at a farm...

Verdicts & Settlements August 23, 2004: Dump Truck Hit Taxi Cab.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $350,000 Verdict A cab driver who suffered a severe head injury in an accident with a dump truck sued the truck driver and his employer. Chester J. Frost Jr. was a driver with St. Louis County Cab....

Verdicts & Settlements August 23, 2004: Patient's Leg Amputated After Hospital Stay.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict A man who claimed he contracted a knee infection during a hospital stay, which led to an above-the-knee am-putation, sued for medical malpractice. Dennis Smith had a...

St. Louis Law Firms Merge.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Stolar Partnership LLP, a diversified firm in downtown St. Louis, announced Aug. 13 that Pranschke & Holderle LC, a St. Louis County-based firm specializing in service to non-profit corporations,...

Law Firm Building Mock Courtroom In Downtown St. Louis.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard announced that it will build a mock courtroom facility at its offices in downtown St. Louis. The training facility, which will be a first-of-its-kind in the area, was...

Mo. Court of Appeal Western District Case Summaries: August 23, 2004.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Rule 29.15 Motion - Court Costs - Indigent Defendant Where a trial court ordered a criminal defendant to pay court costs under the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act, the act does not...

St. Louis County Circuit Court Jury Sides With Teacher In State Disability Case.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A teacher who claimed disability discrimination has won over $54,000 in her Missouri Human Rights Act case against the Special School District of St. Louis County. Judy Mulherin said the district, which educates...

Jackson County Circuit Court Rules Plaintiff To Get Policy Limits Despite 'Step-Down' Clause.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones A settlement in a Jackson County auto accident case shows how a negligent entrustment claim enabled the plaintiff to avoid a limitation on insurance coverage. Andrew Heili suffered multiple fractures in a...

Verdicts & Settlements August 23, 2004: Truck Rear-Ended Another Vehicle.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $200,000 Settlement A truck driver injured in an accident sued for his injuries. The plaintiff leased a tractor-trailer from the defendant trucking company. He also signed two agreements with the...

8th U.S. Circuit Court Rules Students' Rights Were Violated By Random Search.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones High school students who were subjected to random, suspicionless searches of their persons and belongings could sue school officials for civil rights violations, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. ...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Suspect Not In 'Custody' During Home Interview.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones A chiropractor who confessed to health care fraud after FBI agents questioned him in his home for seven hours did not have to be informed of his Miranda rights, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a...

Mo. Court of Appeal Eastern District Case Summaries: August 23, 2004.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Rule 29.15 Motion - Counsel - Effectiveness Even though a criminal defendant's trial counsel conceded during closing argument that a victim had been raped, counsel concluded that...

Case.net System In Missouri Upgraded.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Office of State Courts Administrator at the Missouri Supreme Court, which designs and maintains the Case.net system, announced that it has completed an upgrade of the Internet application. According...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: August 23, 2004.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Amanda B. McNelley has been named partner in The Schechter Law Firm in St. Louis. McNelley joined the firm in 2002 and practices in the area of domestic relations in both Missouri and Illinois. McNelley...

Mo. Court of Appeal Southern District Case Summaries: August 23, 2004.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Robbery Charges - Joinder - Fake Gun (1) Where similar tactics were used in robberies committed several days apart and the evidence involved was not complex, joinder of the...

U.S. Court Of Appeals 8th Circuit Court Case Summaries: August 23, 200.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Licensing Board - State Court Judgment - Rooker- Feldman Doctrine Where a doctor sued a licensing board in federal court seeking a ruling regarding the constitutionality of...

Up And Coming Missouri Lawyers 2004: Karen R. McCarthy.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Ann Corrigan Name: Karen R. McCarthy Age: 39 Education: Southwest Missouri State University, BSBA, 1985; St. Louis University, JD, 1990 Experience: Doster, Robinson & James, 1990-1995; The Bar Plan, 1995-present ...

Up And Coming Missouri Lawyers 2004: Danica Mathes.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Chris Brown Name: Danica Mathes Age: 28 Education: DePauw University, B.A., 1998; Washington University, J.D., 2001 Experience: Blumenfeld Kaplan & Sandweiss, 2001 to present For Danica Mathes of St. Louis, an...

Up And Coming Missouri Lawyers 2004: Robert Hoffman.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Geri L. Dreiling Name: Robert Hoffman Age: 36 Education: University of Kansas, B.A. English, 1990; University of Kansas, J.D., 1993 Experience: Partner, Bryan Cave Bob Hoffman, a 36-year-old partner in the Kansas...

Up And Coming Missouri Lawyers 2004: Anji Gandhi.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Ann Corrigan Name: Anji Gandhi Age: 34 Education: Baker University, BA, 1993; University of Kansas, JD, 1996 Experience: Cole County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, 1996-1998; Boone County Prosecuting Attorney's...

Univ. of Mo.-Columbia School of Law Professor Explores Reproductive Technology.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Professor Philip G. Peters Jr., who specializes in health law at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, has written a book entitled How Safe is Safe Enough? Obligations to the Children of...

Missouri Supreme Court Rules Class Counsel Had 'Per Se' Conflict Of Interest.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Where a lawyer was retained as class counsel with the understanding that he would not sue certain potential defendants who helped investigate and finance the litigation, he had a per se conflict of interest, the...

Mo. Court of Appeal Western District Case Summaries: August 30, 2004.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Rule 29.15 Motion - Escape Rule - Prejudice Even though a motion court erred in applying the escape rule to its denial of a criminal defendant's post-conviction motion, the...

U.S. Court Of Appeals 8th Circuit Court Case Summaries: August 30, 200.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Agreement To Arbitrate - Formation - Exchange Of Letters - Where parties involved in a dispute over franchise fees exchanged letters aimed at setting up arbitration for the matter,...

Up And Coming Missouri Lawyers 2004: Stephen Bough.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Chris Brown Name: Stephen Bough Age: 34 Education: Southwest Missouri State University, B.S., 1993; University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D., 1997 Experience: Clerk, U.S. District Judge Scott O. Wright,...

Up And Coming Missouri Lawyers 2004: Gregory Wittner.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Chris Brown Name: Gregory Wittner Age: 38 Education: University of Kansas, B.G.S., 1989; St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., 1994 Experience: Wittner Poger Spewak Maylack & Spooner, 1994 to present If you...

Missouri's Up And Coming Lawyers Are Cream Of Crop.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff In this seventh-annual issue, we highlight five "rising stars" -- Missouri lawyers under the age of 40 who have already distinguished themselves in some manner and appear poised for even greater...

$8.5M Products Verdict Is Reinstated By Mo. Court of Appeals' Eastern District.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff An $8.5 million products liability verdict that was taken away by a trial judge should be reinstated, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District has ruled. Problems arose with the verdict...

Mo. Court of Appeal Eastern District Case Summaries: August 30, 2004.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Fraudulent Conveyance Judgment - MUFTA Where a creditor who obtained a judgment against debtor for damages related to a previous partnership agreement but had not received...

Mo. Court of Appeal Southern District Case Summaries: August 30, 2004.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Child Sexual Abuse - DFS History - Evidence Where a defendant in a child sexual abuse case was able to demonstrate that his ex-wife had a motive to fabricate the allegations...

Up And Coming Missouri Lawyers 2004: John M. Albright.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Ann Corrigan Name: John M. Albright Age: 38 Education: Marshall University, B.A., Philosophy, 1993; Washington University, JD, 1996 Experience: Summers, Walsh, Pritchett & Blaich, PC, 1996 - 1998; Moore, Walsh &...

Verdicts & Settlements August 30, 2004: Worker's Hand Crushed In Punch Press.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $550,000 Settlement A worker whose right hand was injured in a punch press accident sued for products liability. Toni Rivera was an employee of Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. in St. Louis. On Jan. 17,...

Verdicts & Settlements August 30, 2004: Teen Struck And Killed By Train.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Confidential Settlement The parents of a 17-year-old girl who died when an Amtrak train hit her car at a private crossing sued Union Pacific Railroad for wrongful death. On the morning of May 19,...

Verdicts & Settlements August 30, 2004: Girl Killed, Mother Paralyzed At RR Crossing.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $13 Million Settlement A railroad crossing accident that paralyzed a 33-year-old woman and killed her 5-year-old daughter led to a negligence lawsuit. On Feb. 1, 2000, Catherine Beyersdorfer was...