Missouri Lawyers Weekly articles from December 2003

Missouri Lawyers Weekly archives from December 2003

Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District Rules Relocation OK Although Mom 'Misled' Trial Court.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Even though a mother testified in her divorce trial that she did not intend to marry and move away with an Oklahoma man she was dating, her request two months after the divorce to relocate there with...

Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C. In St. Louis Receives Community Service Award.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C. in St. Louis has received the 2003 Community Service Award from the International Society of Primerus Law Firms. Primerus is an alliance of lawyers and law firms that are...

St. Louis City Panel Named.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The 22nd Judicial Circuit Commission announced the panel of three nominees to be submitted to Gov. Holden to fill the vacancy on the St. Louis City Circuit Court created by the appointment of Judge...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - App. Panel Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Jurisdiction - Student Loans Where a Colorado bankruptcy court reopened adversary proceedings involving a debtor and granted a transfer to the bankruptcy court of the Western...

U.S. Court Of Appeals 8th CircuitMissouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Excessive Force - Police Dog - Qualified Immunity Where a police officer did not leash his police dog while tracking a man who was injured when he fell into a ravine, the officer's...

10 Years Ago in Missouri Lawyers Weekly: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers Couldn't Sue Landowners Construction workers who fell during inherently dangerous activities on the job site and collected workers' compensation benefits could not sue the owners of the...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Discovery - Depositions - Non- Retained Expert - Sanctions Where a trial court in a civil case granted a defendant's motion for sanctions in an order that required the plaintiffs...

Mo. Labor Industrial Relations Comm. Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' Compensation Hepatitis - Needle Stick - Causation Where a nurse was diagnosed in 1999 with Hepatitis B and C and she testified that she "recalled" having been stuck with a needle in...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Plaintiff Hit By Autozone Driver.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $137,500 Settlement Wendy Eisel sued after her car was rear-ended by an Autozone delivery driver. On Aug. 14, 2001 Eisel, 34, was stopped in traffic on southbound Kingshighway at McRee in...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Man Killed On Side Of Highway.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $2 Million Settlement The family of a 71-year-old man who was struck and killed while standing on the side of the highway filed a wrongful death suit against the other driver. On Dec. 28, 2002...

'Restorative Justice' At University of Missouri-Kansas City.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Kristi Holsinger, Ph.D., a professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, has spearheaded efforts at the University of Missouri-Kansas City to embrace a new approach to criminal justice. Holsinger...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Brett A. Emison, Jennifer L. Kosa and Jennifer L. Peters have joined Rouse Hendricks German May in Kansas City as associates. All three practice in the area of business and commercial litigation. ...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Child Abuse - Indictment - Hearsay (1) Even though an indictment against a child abuse defendant did not specify the dates on which the alleged abuse occurred, the allegation that...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: Decemeber 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Constitutional Special Education Bill - Amendment - 'Original Purpose' (1) Where an amendment to a bill addressing the needs of special education students changed the state policy regarding the...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Defendant wins Lemon Law Suit.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict Jennifer Blatz sued a car distributor after the lease on her Isuzu Rodeo expired, claiming that various problems with the vehicle resulted in breach of warranties and entitled...

Verdicts & Settlements December 1, 2003: Man Suffered Infection After Prostate Biopsy.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $320,000 Verdict James Welsh sued Freeman Health Systems in Joplin and two doctors after he suffered an infection following a surgical procedure. On Aug. 8, 2000 Dr. G. Scott Brehm performed a...

Mo. Labor and Industrial Relations Commission Rules Nurse Gets Comp After Diagnosis Of Hepatitis.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones A nurse who had hepatitis could get workers' compensation even though there was no evidence she was ever exposed to contaminated blood or needles at work, the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission has ruled in...

Attorneys Face New Legal Issues With Rise Of Internet.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Ann Corrigan A recent defamation lawsuit filed by H&R Block against an anonymous Web poster shows how the Internet is changing the face of litigation, according to attorneys. The Kansas City-based financial services company...

FedEx Settles Crash Boone County Case After Pleadings Stricken.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A decision by Federal Express not to disclose information in an auto accident case about driver workloads has led to the confidential settlement of a Boone County lawsuit. Plaintiff Craig Hutchings, who suffered...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District Case Summaries: December 1, 2003.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Rule 74.01(b) - Judgment - Finality Where a trial court entered summary judgment in favor of a city and a street department in a negligence case but did not enter a...

FedEx Settles Crash Case In Boone County Circuit Court After Pleadings Stricken.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A decision by Federal Express not to disclose information in an auto accident case about driver workloads has led to the confidential settlement of a Boone County lawsuit. SETTLEMENT REPORT Plaintiff Craig...

St. Louis County Circuit Court Rules Retail Executive Didn't Violate His Non-Compete.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A May Department Stores executive who quit and took a job with Victoria's Secret did not violate his non-compete agreement, a St. Louis County circuit judge has ruled. This was because the two companies were not...

8th U.S. Circuit Rules Double Damages Not Allowed In Assault And Battery Case.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones A woman who was attacked by a co-worker could sue him in separate counts of assault and battery, but could recover damages on only one of those counts, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, interpreting...

Bates Appointed To Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Gov. Bob Holden has appointed Springfield attorney Jeffrey W. Bates to the bench on the Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District. Bates fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Kerry L....

Wanted: Advanced Juggling Skills.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff "So many cases, so little time could be the mantra of today's busy lawyers," concluded a recent survey of attorneys conducted by The Affiliates, a legal staffing firm with a divisional office in St....

Mo. Labor and Industrial Relations Commission Rules Testimony Of Physician Had No Probative Value.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones The testimony of a treating physician in a workers' compensation case had no probative value where he initially said a woman's carpal tunnel syndrome was work-related but later reversed himself in his deposition,...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Sentencing - Methamphetamine - Prior Offender Even though an information failed to charge a criminal defendant as a prior and persistent offender which he was sentenced as by the...

10 Years Ago in Missouri Lawyers Weekly: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Form 14 Modified By Supreme Court Missouri's Supreme Court has ordered changes in Civil Procedure Form No. 14, which is the basic tool for determining the amount of child support that non-custodial...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Real Estate License - Discipline - Bad Character Where a real estate agent borrowed money from a woman who mortgaged her house to purchase and re-sell property and the agent...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Accident Occurred In Defendant's Lane.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict Kevin Roberts sued after he was injured in a collision with a pickup truck. On July 28, 1999 Roberts was driving his car on Highway E in Phelps County. He collided head-on...

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Executive Director Departing.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Capping off a 25-year career with Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, executive director F. Dianne Taylor has resigned from the organization, effective Jan. 1. To wish her a fond farewell, the LSEM...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Robert J. Blackwell of Blackwell & Associates, PC, in O'Fallon has been reappointed as Chair of the Commercial Law Committee of The Missouri Bar. *** Polsinelli Shalton & Welte, PC, has named...

8th U.S. Circuit Rules Worker Can Sue For Disability Harassment.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale Disabled employees can make hostile work environment claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a case of first impression. However, in this case an...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Motel Taken For Airport Expansion.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $981,359 Verdict The owners of a motel contested the amount of compensation awarded when their property was taken for airport expansion. The City of St. Louis acquired the Stanley Cour-Tel...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Passenger Seat Collapsed In Crash.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Confidential Settlement A boy who was hurt in an automobile accident when the front passenger's seat collapsed onto him filed a products liability case against Ford Motor Company and several other...

Verdicts & Settlements December 8, 2003: Officer Hit Car In Intersection.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $240,000 Settlement Dorothy Groceman sued after she was injured in an automobile accident with a police officer in St. Louis County. In September 2000 Groceman was a passenger in a car driven...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Corporate Nonprofit Organization - Proxy Voting Personal Jurisdiction Where a nonprofit organization contacted a Missouri resident to begin a local chapter of the organization, provided...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - App. Panel Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Jurisdiction - Order - Finality Where the bankruptcy court issued an order denying modification of debtor's Chapter 13 plan, the order was not final and the appeal must be dismissed...

U.S. Court Of Appeals 8th CircuitMissouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 8, 2003.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Interlocutory Appeal - Preliminary Settlement Approval - Class Certification Where a district court conditionally certified a nationwide class and granted preliminary...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003: Surveillance Video Used By Plaintiff To Bolster Claims.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Ann Corrigan A surveillance videotape taken by the defense in a personal injury case -- but introduced by the plaintiff at trial -- proved to be a key factor in a recent $640,000 verdict in Jackson County. Joseph Wagner, who...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District Gives Grandparents Unsupervised Visitation.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Grandparents who were awarded unsupervised visitation by a trial court but failed to win their motion for contempt should not have been awarded attorney's fees, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District has...

Live Wires Hit Car, But Driver Can't Sue Utility Rules Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale Where a truck knocked over a utility poll and caused electrical wires to land on top of a car traveling the opposite direction, the car driver could not sue the utility company for negligence, the Missouri Court of...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District Rules Consumer Can't Be Forced To Arbitrate Outside Mo.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A clause in an automobile service contract that required arbitration in Arkansas was unenforceable, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District has ruled. But the clause was severable and arbitration could be...

White Touts Non-Partisan Court Plan In Missouri.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Chief Justice Ronnie L. White and Missouri Bar President William M. Corrigan Jr. spoke at a meeting of the St. Charles County Bar Association on Dec. 9. During the luncheon meeting, White...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Greensfelder, Hem-ker & Gale, PC in St. Louis announced that Ryan J. Gavin, Douglas S. Neville and David P. Nie-meier have joined the firm as associates. Gavin and Niemeier practice in the firm's...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Venue Provision - Out-of-State - Enforceability Where a consumer purchased a vehicle from a Missouri dealership with a service plan from an Arkansas corporation, an agreement to...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - App. Panel Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative License Discipline - Jurisdiction - Equal Protection Claim Where a trial court remanded a medical license disciplinary action to the State Board of Registration for the Healing...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003: Man Died In Automobile Accident.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1 Million Settlement; Confidential Settlement The family of a man who died in an accident with a truck sued the trucking company for negligence and the manufacturer of his automobile for...

Missouri Department of Insurance Reports Record-Setting Med-Mal Injuries.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff In 2002 patient injuries generating medical malpractice payments reached record-breaking levels for severity, the Missouri Department of Insurance reported Dec. 4. In its annual medical malpractice...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Personal Injury - Instructional Error - Prejudice Where the jury assessed 100 percent of fault to the plaintiff in a personal injury action, the trial court's error in submitting...

U.S. Court Of Appeals 8th CircuitMissouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Mootness - 'Opposing Party' - Exceptions Where claims against a trustee for breach of fiduciary duty and conversion satisfied the exceptions to the "opposing party" restrictions...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003: Dram Shop Claims Filed Against Bars.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Confidential Settlement The three children of Robert McMullen filed dram shop claims against two bars after McMullen died in a single-car accident. McMullen, 31, went to the Class Reunion Bar...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003: Worker Was Sprayed With Sulfuric Acid.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $6.5 Million Settlement A worker at a lead smelter sued for products liability after he was sprayed with sulfuric acid. Paul Randen, 55, was a supervisor at the Doe Run smelter in Herculaneum,...

10 Years Ago in Missouri Lawyers Weekly: December 15, 2003.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff New Statute Is Boon To Custodial Parents A new federal statute gives custodial parents a procedure for collecting health insurance payments directly from the non-custodial parent's health insurance...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003:18-Year-Old Hit In Head With Rock.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $400,000 Settlement An 18-year-old woman who was hit in the head with a rock at a party filed a garnishment action against Safeco Insurance after it refused to cover her injuries under a...

Verdicts & Settlements December 15, 2003: Property Taken For Highway Project.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $680,000 Verdict The owner of a truck stop and convenience store contested the amount of compensation awarded when its property was taken for an interstate highway project. The Missouri...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District Case Summaries: December 22, 2003.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Domestic Assault - Evidence - Cross- Examination (1) Where evidence of a defendant's guilt in a domestic assault was overwhelming and the severity of the assault was the issue at...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District Case Summaries: December 22, 2003.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Void Judgment - Timeliness - New Trial Where an associate circuit judge issued a judgment in a case more than 30 days after the case was submitted for final decision, a new...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District Case Summaries: December 22, 2003.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Jurisdiction - Trial De Novo - Associate Circuit Judge Where a party in a property case tried before an associate circuit judge claimed damages in excess of $5,000, the...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - App. Panel Case Summaries: December 22, 2003.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Appeal - Discharge - Mootness (1) Where a debtor's ex-wife appealed the debtor's Chapter 13 discharge, the district court's award of retroactive maintenance made appeal of the order...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District Upholds Boy's $10.5M Verdict In Car Seat Case.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A $10.5 million verdict against the manufacturer of a car booster seat has been upheld by the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District, which rejected numerous claims of error. The verdict came...

Punitive Damages Awarded Vs. Doctor In Med-Mal Case in Jackson County Court.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Ann Corrigan A man who claimed his surgeon refused to use proper sterilization techniques in a hernia operation has won $340,000 in his Jackson County lawsuit -- including $200,000 in punitive damages. Attorneys for the...

Missouri Informal Advisory Opinions Case Summaries: December 22, 2003.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Informal advisory opinions are issued by the Legal Ethics Counsel under Rule 5.30. The Legal Ethics Counsel only issues opinions to attorneys for their own guidance involving an existing set of facts....

Verdicts & Settlements December 22, 2003: Pharmacist's Carrier To Pay $35M To Settle Claims.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale An insurance company for Robert Courtney -- the drug-diluting pharmacist who was hit with a $2.2 billion verdict last year -- has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a Jackson County class action brought by...

Verdicts & Settlements December 22, 2003: Pharmacist's Carrier To Pay $35M To Settle Claims.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale An insurance company for Robert Courtney -- the drug-diluting pharmacist who was hit with a $2.2 billion verdict last year -- has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a Jackson County class action brought by...

Ex-Beatle's Case Dismissed By 8th U.S. Circuit For No-Show At Depositions.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Where a creditor in a bankruptcy case failed to show up for two court-ordered depositions, his case was properly dismissed with prejudice, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Attorneys for the...

U.S. Court Of Appeals 8th CircuitMissouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 22, 2003.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Dismissal - Willful Disobedience Deposition Attendance Where a bankruptcy court found that former Beatle George Harrison willfully disobeyed orders to submit himself to three...

10 yeares Ago In Missouri Lawyers Weekly.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Circuit Judges Endorse Family Courts Judges across Missouri have tried the new family court, and they like it. The judges believe their circuits will benefit from the new law, and they are moving...

Garvey Appointed Circuit Judge for 22nd Circuit in the City of St. Louis.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Gov. Bob Holden announced Dec. 8 that he has appointed Associate Circuit Judge Jack Garvey as a circuit judge for the 22nd Circuit in the City of St. Louis. Garvey's appointment fills the vacancy...

Jackson County Judge Vernon Scoville Pursues New Career.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On a recent Saturday morning, Jackson County Judge Vernon Scoville started his nursing rounds at North Kansas City Hospital, the Associated Press reports. Unusual enough for an associate circuit...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: December 22, 2003.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale PC announced that seven new associates have joined the firm's St. Louis office. Kirsten Moder Ahmad, Erin Flynn Bernstein, Trae D. Meyr, and Julia M. Sinn joined the...

Verdicts & Settlements December 22, 2003: Man Got Infection After Hernia Surgery.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $340,000 Verdict Jim Lightner sued his physician for medical malpractice after developing an infection following elective hernia surgery. On July 17, 2003 Dr. Gaston Guerra performed the...

Verdicts & Settlements December 22, 2003: Woman Lost 3 Fingers In Mulching Machine.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $350,000 Settlement A woman who lost three fingers in a mulching machine sued the manufacturer for products liability. On Oct. 20, 1998 Peggy Vishion of O'Fallon, Mo., was using a Patriot T4...

Verdicts & Settlements December 22, 2003: Fuel From GM Pickup Caused Fireball.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Confidential Settlement Matt Robertson sued General Motors for products liability after he was severely burned in an automobile accident. On Aug. 18, 2000 Robertson was driving a Dodge Intrepid...

Verdicts & Settlements December 22, 2003: Back Surgery Left Man Blind.
December 22, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $2.25 Million Verdict Evan Montgomery sued for medical malpractice after surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his back, which his doctors had initially failed to diagnose, left him blind in one...

St. Louis Lawyer Home From Kuwait For The Holidays.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff David J. Reynolds Jr. is a senior associate in the Workers' Compensation Practice at Evans & Dixon in downtown St. Louis. It's a busy job, but it doesn't keep him from also serving his country as a...

Project Angel Tree In Downtown St. Louis Spreads Joy.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the St. Louis Rams teamed up to host the 11th annual Project Angel Tree party on Sat., Dec. 20 at the Edward Jones Dome in downtown St. Louis. ...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: December 29, 2003.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Jay L. Kanzler, Jr. has joined the St. Louis firm of Dunn & Miller PC as a principal specializing in commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Prior to joining the firm, Kanzler served as associate...

8th U.S. Circuit Reverses Ex-Priest's Child Porn Conviction.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Where police found child pornography on a computer disc given to them by a friend of the defendant, that evidence should have been suppressed in a child porn case, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Missouri Supreme Court Defines Std. For Expert Testimony.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones The standard for admission of expert testimony in Missouri is provided by neither Frye nor Daubert, but by state statute, the Missouri Supreme Court has held, overruling several Court of Appeals cases. "[T]his...

Verdicts & Settlements: December 29, 2003: Explosion In Auto Dealership Injured Woman.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Confidential Settlement A woman who was burned in an explosion at an auto dealership sued for premises liability. On Oct. 23, 2002 Jennifer Boling, 20, went to a small town auto dealership to...

Verdicts & Settlements December 29, 2003: Merrill Lynch Broker Wins $501K Sex Bias Award Case.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A Merrill Lynch broker who claimed she was the victim of sex discrimination in the Clayton, Mo., branch office has been awarded $501,000 by a federal arbitration panel. The arbitrators unanimously found that...

Verdicts & Settlements December 29, 2003: Death Of Teen In Truck Crash Settles For $9.5M.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The parents of a 15-year-old girl killed in a head-on collision with a semi tractor-trailer have settled their Jackson County lawsuit for $9.5 million. The settlement is believed to be the largest...

Broker With Clayton Office Of Merrill Lynch Wins $501K Sex Bias Award Case.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A Merrill Lynch broker who claimed she was the victim of sex discrimination in the Clayton, Mo., branch office has been awarded $501,000 by a federal arbitration panel. The arbitrators unanimously found that...