Missouri Lawyers Weekly articles from December 2006

Missouri Lawyers Weekly archives from December 2006

Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protections should be broadly interpreted.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Jacqueline Williams Corporations have been clamoring for some time for revisions to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and now that the midterm elections have been decided, it is likely that these changes will occur. One target of...

St. Louis law firm to open health club.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin is looking to help its St. Louis employees fight flab and traffic starting next year. The law firm is planning to lease part of the 31st floor of its headquarters building, the...

Little Rock judge returns to bench after suffering a heart attack.
December 4, 2006... Byline: From staff and wire reports A Little Rock, Ark., judge who sits on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was back to work last week after suffering a heart attack last month. Morris S. Arnold, 65, was hospitalized in St. Louis...

St. Louis-based Thompson Coburn law firm ranks high in technology survey.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole St. Louis firm Thompson Coburn does a great job of compensating for its small geographic footprint with technology, according to a technology survey of associates published in the November issue of American Lawyer...

St. Louis University School of Law takes first at Health Law Moot Court Competition.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A team from St. Louis University School of Law captured the 15th annual National Health Law Moot Court Competition at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The team of Brent A. Sumner and...

Missouri lawyers receive honors and recognition.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Danna McKitrick attorney Eric Kukowski was appointed by The Missouri Bar Workers- Compensation Committee as one of two vice-chairs for their Continuing Legal Education Institute. Kukowski will cover the...

Missouri judges could see their first pay increase in six years.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck By next July, Missouri judges could see their first pay increase in six years under a plan approved last week by a citizens' commission. Under the plan, all state judges, as well as legislators and statewide...

U.S. Court rules the right to confront was not violated in immigration case.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck A Canadian deportee's Sixth Amendment right of confrontation wasn't violated by the introduction at trial of a report on the results of a search of his federal file, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 22....

Missouri Supreme Court strikes down a 2005 law that took away powers from fire protection districts.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck In state legislation, Jefferson County is known as "any county of the first classification with more than one hundred ninety-eight thousand but fewer than one hundred ninety nine thousand two hundred inhabitants." ...

Missouri court denies Chapter 7 discharge of debt for mother whose boyfriend beat her child to death.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Joy Simmons A mother whose boyfriend beat her young son to death could not get her liability to the child's estate discharged in bankruptcy, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 8th Circuit held. Denise Patch pleaded...

Missouri jury awards University of Missouri-St. Louis coach $1.2M in age discrimination suit.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter Chalk up another win for University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball coach James Brady. The coach's win, however, means a loss for the university and two of its employees - to the tune of more than $1.2 million. ...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: December 4, 2006.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Release On Probation - Judgment - Finality Where a criminal defendant appealed from an order denying his release on probation, such an order is not final, and the appeal is...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: December 4, 2006.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Pharmacy Permit - Disciplinary Action - Settlement Agreement (1) Where the state board of pharmacy placed a three-year probation on the pharmacy permit of a pharmaceutical...

United States Bank Court Case Summaries: December 4, 2006.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Discharge - Wrongful Death Action - 'Willful And Malicious Injury' Where a Chapter 7 debtor was a defendant in a wrongful death action brought against her by the father of her son...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: December 4, 2006.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Class Actions - Remand Order - Review Where a class action was removed to federal court on the basis of traditional diversity jurisdiction, the review provisions of 28 U.S.C....

Verdicts and Settlements December 4, 2006: Missouri jury rules in favor of surgeon in med-mal suit.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Defense verdict A St. Louis jury finding for a surgeon in a wrongful death lawsuit demonstrated that city juries are not automatically plaintiff-oriented, according to a defense attorney. In June 2002, Eva...

Verdicts and Settlements December 4, 2006: Missouri jury rules employer not liable in auto suit.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Defense verdict A St. Louis County jury decided after a three-day trial that a Chesterfield man's employer was not liable when the employee struck a woman with his car on the way to a physical examination covered by...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: December 11, 2006.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Antitrust Prescription Drugs - Canadian Imports - Standing Where prescription drug consumers brought state law and federal antitrust claims against drug companies alleging conspiracies to...

Verdicts and Settlements December 11, 2006: Missouri woman settles with store in slip and fall suit.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon $650,000 settlement A rural Missouri woman who eventually lost her leg after a parking lot fall at general store settled with Pamida Inc. Betty Walters, then 82, was shopping at the Pamida general store in...

Verdicts and Settlements December 11, 2006: Missouri woman settles auto accident suit against driver.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon $555,000 settlement After extensive discovery and a failed mediation, passenger Renee Geneser settled her case three weeks before trial against the driver of a pickup that crashed on the way to her home. A group...

Three Missouri attorneys land their clients $2.2M in wrongful death suit.(Glen Wallace and Monty Turner)(Turner Turnpike)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole Three Springfield and Joplin plaintiffs' attorneys pursued a wrongful death truck accident case over two years through two venues and two jurisdictions before landing $2.2 million for their clients. The lawsuit...

Kansas Citian of the Year is a lawyer.(Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Drue Jennings)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick Of all the chamber dinners Drue Jennings has attended, this year's will be the most memorable. In front of his colleagues, friends and family, a "shocked and surprised" Jennings was named Kansas Citian of the...

Missouri law firms announce personnel changes.(Legal Services of Eastern Missouri receives donations from Husch and Eppenberger L.L.C. and Gallop, Johnson and Neuman L.C.)(Nicholas M. Burkemper appointed to Barklage Law Firm )(Brief article)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Legal Services of Eastern Missouri announced it has received $51,500 from Husch & Eppenberger, LLC for the continued support of a full-time staff attorney position within the non-profit organization's...

Missouri courts say sentencing law is retroactive.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck Missouri courts last week said - again and again and again, at multiple levels - that the state must retroactively apply a sentencing law passed in 2003, potentially giving hundreds of inmates a chance to leave prison...

Missouri Senate officials say there is no room for a new circuit judge.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck A bill introduced earlier this month in the Missouri Senate would add a new circuit judge in Independence, Mo. But officials there say that while the spirit is willing, the body is lacking: They don't have room in...

Commentary: Legislators prefile in anticipation of 2007 legislative session.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck If at first you don't succeed, try, try again - especially if the courts give you a way to do it. State Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, filed a bill last week that would once again ban billboards for sexually...

Missouri court reverses convictions of two robbers.(Robert Davis and Paul Bainter)
December 11, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck The robbers looked similar, carried the same types of guns and mentioned the same name during two crimes that took place within five miles and four days of each other. But those details weren't enough for the...

Missouri pro se claimants feel brunt of workers' compensation reforms.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck The 2005 Missouri law revising the workers' compensation system was intended to remove what some saw as abuses in the system and to reduce its overall cost. Although the full effect of those reforms remains to be seen,...

Verdicts and Settlements December 11, 2006: Allstate Insurance Co. hit with a $16M bad faith verdict.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Anne C. Vitale Although Wayne Davis Jr. was found at fault in a head-on collision that severely injured two other motorists, he thought his financial interests would be "in good hands" once he reported the accident to his agent at...

Missouri law firms taking new leases to expand.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole In the largest of a flurry of third-quarter downtown St. Louis law firm signings, Greensfelder Hemker & Gale renewed its lease, but still is working on getting the rights to plaster the first part of its name on the...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: December 11, 2006.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Negligence Limitation Of Liability - Sovereign Defendant - Section 537.610 Where a personal injury plaintiff won a $500,000 judgment against the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners after a...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: December 11, 2006.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Motion To Compel - Waiver - Inconsistent Acts Where an insurer moved to compel arbitration in a dispute brought by an insured farm over modifications to its premiums on a crop...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: December 11, 2006.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law DWI - Out- Of-Town Driver - Prior And Persistent Offender Where a driver was convicted of driving while intoxicated, the driver's allegation that the arresting officer only...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 11, 2006.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Mandatory Minimum Sentencing - 120- Day Program - Retroactivity Where a criminal defendant had four prison commitments, including his sentences to a 120-day program and to a...

Obstacles and benefits of client-satisfaction surveys.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Jeffrey A. Miiller Many lawyers would agree that a client-satisfaction survey is a practical tool for strengthening client loyalty and bringing in more business. Still, many lawyers resist doing surveys because of deep concerns...

St. Louis law firms add office space in Omaha for growth.(Stinson Morrison and Hecker and Spencer Fane Britt and Browne L.L.P.)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole There's no denying the allure of Nebraska to at least three Kansas City law firms. Both Stinson Morrison & Hecker and Spencer Fane Britt & Browne are adding office space in Omaha in anticipation of growth. Their...

St. Louis-based Bryan Cave litigation attorneys flee the state for warmer climates of Arizona.(Brief article)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole Bryan Cave litigation attorneys attempted to followed the flight pattern of Husch & Eppenberger to flee the state for the warmer climates of Arizona. Husch & Eppenberger held a weekend member retreat in Scottsdale...

Missouri Bar sets a Precedent.(Brief article)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole The Missouri Bar Bulletin is no more. The November 2006 issue was the last issue of the publication, which is being replaced by a beefed-up quarterly publication to be called Precedent. Precedent, which will...

Former St. Louis lobbyist and city project manager to launch Missouri lobbying group.(Rodney Boyd)(Brief article)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal added a prominent St. Louis lobbyist, former aide to past Democratic U.S Rep. Richard Gephardt, and a project manager for the St. Louis Regional Business Council to launch...

Missouri law firms announce personnel changes.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Probate Clerk Kenneth Feretti retires after 18 years St. Louis City Probate Court Commissioner and Clerk Kenneth Feretti recently announced that he will retire at the end of the month. He notified...

St. Louis governor won't oppose pay raise proposal for judges, lawmakers and other state officials.(Matt Blunt )
December 18, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck Gov. Matt Blunt said last week that while he doesn't like the current system for crafting pay raises for judges, lawmakers and statewide officials like himself, he will not oppose a plan put forward earlier this month....

Missouri Supreme Court may have power to change a couple's nonmodifiable separation agreement.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck Beneath a sensational allegation made in the Missouri Supreme Court last week was an important legal principle: Does the court have the power to change a divorced couple's nonmodifiable separation agreement? And if it...

St. Louis Husch attorneys to be immune from futher legal action.(Husch & Eppenberger LLC v. Eisenberg )
December 18, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, ruled last week that a liability release signed by Husch & Eppenberger in mid-1994 could still be amended in late 2004, allowing two of the firm's attorneys to be immune...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper not liable for independent contractor's damages.(Lonero v. Dillick )
December 18, 2006... Byline: Joy Simmons The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is not liable for economic damages a man suffered after being hit by a vehicle that a newspaper delivery carrier was driving, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District held. ...

Missouri judge gives preliminary approval for $127.5 million Edward Jones settlement.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey gave preliminary approval Dec. 12 to the settlement of nine class-action lawsuits against Edward Jones, one of several steps in a process that likely won't be finished until the end of...

Missouri Supreme Court wrestles with mental-defect defenses.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck Under state law, criminal defendants who argue that their mental disease or defect makes them not responsible for the crime must tell prosecutors, who can then order its own examination of the accused. But what about...

Missouri Court of Appeals judges hear legal battle over trust left by former Cardinals owner.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole and Anne Vitale Rose Saigh was moved in 2001 to the Clayton on the Park hotel from her home of over 50 years by her brother William "Bill" Saigh. The 93-year-old's house, meanwhile, underwent a $1.2 million...

Missouri Court of Appeals: December 18, 2006.(Williams v. State)(Orf v. Orf )
December 18, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Judgments - Finality - Criminal Case Where a criminal defendant filed a pro se motion to reopen his post-conviction proceedings, the motion was denied in a letter that was...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: December 18, 2006.(Day v. State)(Edgar v. Beebe, et al.)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice New Issue - Postconviction Motion Where a criminal defendant argued on appeal that his guilty pleas were not voluntary, but argued in his postconviction motion that counsel...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: December 18, 2006.(Gee v. Department of Social Services )
December 18, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Division Of Assets - 'Institutionalized Spouse' Where the Missouri Division of Social Services, Family Support Division, deactivated a nursing home resident's division of assets...

United States Bank Court Case Summaries: December 18, 2006.(Brief article)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Chapter 12 Plan - Denial Of Confirmation - Denial Of Continuance (1) Where debtors filed a Chapter 12 plan that failed to comply with an order of the bankruptcy court to include...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: December 18, 2006.(Nebraska Beef v. Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc.)(Quinn v. Ocwen Federal Bank)(Bertsch, Garcia v.)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks and Banking Overadvance Fees - Line Of Credit - Unilateral Contract Where a bank customer with an established line of credit received additional funds through "overadvances," a unilateral...

Family settles medical-malpractice case for $350,000.(Sailsbury, et al. v. Skaggs Health Systems, Inc.)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $350,000 Settlement The surviving husband and daughters of an 82-year-old woman have settled their St. Louis City medical malpractice lawsuit against a Branson hospital for $350,000. The plaintiffs...

Verdicts and Settlements December 18, 2006: $350K med-mal suit settles for $350K.(Chilton v. Powers, et al.)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $350,000 Settlement The surviving husband and daughters of an 82-year-old woman have settled their St. Louis City medical malpractice lawsuit against a Branson hospital for $350,000. The plaintiffs...

Verdicts and Settlements December 18, 2006: Missouri jury rules for defense in 'novel theory' suit.(Sims v. Tiny Town Day Care)
December 18, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck Defense verdict A plaintiff seeking damages from a day care center for a baby's broken leg tried what the defense called a "novel theory" of res ipsa loquitur - that the day care's negligence could be inferred from...

Missouri Supreme Court Clerk celebrates 35 years.(Tom Simon)(Brief article)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Knowing that Tom Simon, the clerk of the Supreme Court of Missouri, notoriously shies away from attention, Chief Justice Michael Wolff had to trick him into attending the celebration of clerk's 35th...

Missouri lobbying subsidiary Bryan Cave recruits Democratic lobbyist.(Bryan Cave Strategies)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole Less than a month after losing all its Democratic lobbyists to a new enterprise, Bryan Cave Strategies is starting to restock by raiding Armstrong Teasdale. Health-care lobbyist William Applegate is only an...

Kansas City law partnership ends.(Henning and Bough)(Brief article)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick, Kansas City Daily Record A nearly five-year partnership between two Kansas City lawyers has come to an end. The Henning & Bough law firm, which was created in February 2002, officially split last month when...

Independence attorney chosen for Missouri family court.(Patrick Campbell)(Brief article)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick, Kansas City Daily Record An eastern Jackson County lawyer was selected Wednesday afternoon to become the next commissioner in Division 43. Patrick Campbell, of Campbell & Simpkins, was one of 20 applicants who...

Missouri law firms announce personnel changes and promotions.
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Gary H. Feder of Husch & Eppenberger has been named President of the Board of Directors of the Clayton Chamber of Commerce. FederA-s one-year term as President ends on December 31, 2007. St. Louis...

Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice answers questions on News/Talk 1120.(Michael A. Wolff )
December 25, 2006... Byline: Geri L. Dreiling and Scott Lauck Chief Justice Michael Wolff has been a one-man public relations machine in promoting an independent judiciary and transforming the court into a proactive force fighting to preserve its turf. ...

Missouri Lawyers Weekly select seven attorneys to profile for standing out in 2006.
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Missouri Lawyers selected seven other noteworthy attorneys to profile for standing out in 2006 - whether for winning important decisions, raising challenging legal issues, or otherwise furthering the...

Missouri Lawyers Weekly selects Attorney Eric Martin as top lawyer of 2006 candidate.(Biography)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin commercial litigation partner Eric Martin successfully defended by attacking this year, saving one client up to $2 million, and landing $2.75 million for another. When Morgan Stanley...

Missouri Lawyers Weekly selects Attorney Lori Levine as top lawyer of 2006 candidate.(Biography)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck Four years ago, Lori Levine got a lunch invitation from the Missouri Supreme Court's then-chief judge, Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. She arrived to find that she wasn't alone: Bar officials, judges and other esteemed...

Missouri Lawyers Weekly selects Attorney Gene Graham as top lawyer of 2006 candidate.(Biography)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck Gene Graham is angry. Angry at corporations with unfair legal advantages over their workers. Angry at the insurance that has "sold that hogwash"of a glut of frivolous lawsuits. Angry at binding arbitration clauses,...

Missouri Lawyers Weekly selects Attorney Rob Adams as top lawyer of 2006 candidate.(Biography)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole Rob Adams, as one client describes him, is a bulldog. Bob Wrobel, general counsel for New Jersey-based Alpharma, is careful to qualify that description of the Shook Hardy & Bacon partner. "He's a bulldog in a way...

Missouri Lawyers Weekly selects Claire McCaskill as top lawyer of 2006 candidate.(Biography)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck Claire McCaskill is used to breaking new ground. As a state legislator in the 1980s, she was the first female lawyer elected in several decades and the first woman to chair the House's civil and criminal justice...

Missouri Lawyers Weekly selects Attorney Pat McLarney as top lawyer of 2006 candidate.
December 25, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck Pat McLarney's role as head of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association lasted for just the standard year, but what a year it was. During the 2006 legislative session, McLarney spearheaded a major lobbying effort to...

Missouri nude dancing law dies on procedural grounds.
December 25, 2006... Byline: Scott Lauck The Missouri Supreme Court issued a flurry of opinions in its last handdown of 2006, including rulings that struck down a nude dancing ban, gave a thumbs-up to a controversial power plant and informed a veterinary...

Missouri jury awards $12.6M to paralyzed man.
December 25, 2006... Byline: Joy Simmons A Jackson County jury awarded $12.6 million to a man who was paralyzed after he fell from his sister's roof while trying to remove a fallen tree limb. After American Family Mutual Insurance Company refused to pay...

Missouri salary-watchers expect problems with minimum wage increase.
December 25, 2006... Byline: Tammy Worth Missouri will soon join the majority of states having adopted minimum wages higher than that of the federal mandatory salary. But some are alarmed that the change in state statute will eventually bring legal...

British building material manuafacturer wins $36M verdict in breach of contract case.(Structural Polymer Systems Ltd. vs. Zoltek Corporation)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A British building material manufacturer has won a $36 million verdict in its federal breach of contract case against Zoltek Corporation, a St. Louis-based carbon fiber manufacturer. In its lawsuit filed in U.S....

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: December 25, 2006.(Carter v. State)(State v. Lawyer )
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Sexual Misconduct - Civil Commitment - Guilty Plea Even though a criminal defendant who was convicted of several charges including sexual misconduct was not informed of the...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: December 25, 2006.(Hamilton v. State)(State v. Parker )
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Rule 29.15 - Counsel - Effectiveness Where a criminal defendant claimed his attorney was ineffective for failing to call a witness to refute threats he had allegedly made to a...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: December 25, 2006.(Rife v. Rife)(City of Kansas City v. McGary)(Fields v. Henrich )
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Domestic Relations Marital Property - Debt - Failure To Divide Where the trial court in a dissolution failed to distribute a tax debt as part of a couple's marital property, the judgment was...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 25, 2006.(United Pharmacal Company of Missouri v. Missouri Board of Pharmacy)(Missouri Association of Club Executives, Inc., et al. v. State)(Stevens v. State )
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Veterinary Drugs - Regulation Authority - Pharmacy Board Where the state board of pharmacy attempted to regulate a retail store's sale of prescription veterinary drugs, the sales...

U.S. Bank Court Case Summaries: December 25, 2006.(Baldwin v. Credit Based Asset Servicing and Securitization )(Brief article)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Notice - Sufficiency - Multiple Filings Even though a pro se debtor claimed that regular, first-class notice of a hearing was mailed only six days prior to the hearing and on a...

U.S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: December 25, 2006.(Jones et al. v. Gale, et al)(U.S. v. Kane)(Hickerson v. Pride Mobility Products Corporation)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Constitutional Law Farm Ownership - Corporate Ban - Dormant Commerce Clause Where a Nebraska law restricted corporate ownership of state farm and ranch land, the plaintiffs had standing to...

Verdicts and Settlements December 25, 2006: Blueberry Hill restaurant prevails in slip-and-fall suit.(Monte Maxey v. Joseph B. Edwards d/b/a Blueberry Hill)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole Defense verdict A jury's defense verdict in a slip and fall reinforced Missouri case law that neighboring landowners are not responsible for injuries on public property, according to defense attorney Erica Bash....

Verdicts and Settlements December 25, 2006: Missouri trip-and-fall case results in $1.2M verdict.(Closson v. Midwest Division, Independence Regional Health Center LLC)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.2 million verdict; $480,000 adjusted per allocation of fault Independence attorneys Christopher Miller and Daniel Thomas are off to a good start. Their first trial, a trip-and-fall case for...

Verdicts and Settlements December 25, 2006: Shelter Insurance settles for $5.75M for overcharging.(Massey v. Shelter Life Insurance Co.)
December 25, 2006... Byline: Joy Simmons $5.75 million settlement Shelter Insurance settled a class action lawsuit for $5.75 million after policyholders claimed the company breached the terms of their life insurance policies when it increased policy...