Missouri Lawyers Weekly articles from March 2003

Missouri Lawyers Weekly archives from March 2003

U.S. District Judge In St. Louis Rules Carrier Refused Coverage Of 'Experimental' Treatment.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Kelly Kress Even though a health insurance carrier labeled a patient's back treatment "experimental," it should have covered his expenses, a U.S. District Judge in St. Louis has ruled. This was because the refusal to pay was...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge In Kansas City Rules Man Can't Discharge Ex-Wife's Medical Bills.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones A debtor who failed to maintain health insurance for his former wife as required in their dissolution decree was responsible for her subsequent medical expenses, which were not dischargeable, a U.S. Bankruptcy...

Satellite Info Was Key To Truck Accident Victory In Missouri Court.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A phantom tractor-trailer causes an accident that kills two, but drives on, leaving behind carnage and eyewitnesses unable to agree who owned the tractor-trailer. Can the truck be identified, even...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Rules Law Firm Withdrew Day Before Court Hearing.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Where a law firm withdrew from a suit to collect on a promissory note the day before a hearing because its client disclosed that he had "created" the note himself, the client could sue for malpractice, the Missouri...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: March 3, 2003.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Civil Penalties - Nursing Home - 'Violation' (1) Where a nursing home corrected deficiencies found by the Division of Aging by the time the Division conducted a re-inspection,...

10 Years Ago In Missouri Lawyers Weekly: Child Sues For Pre-Conception Tort.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A child born severely brain-damaged because of medical malpractice committed on his mother three years before his conception can sue for his own resulting injuries, the Missouri Court of Appeals'...

Verdicts and Settlements March 3, 2003: Mo. jury rules for defendant in med-mal suit.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Christi Jo Adams sued the paramedic who she claimed was responsible for the death of her 69-year-old mother. Paramedic Roy Ward responded to a 911 call from a Kansas City residence and found Betty...

Missouri Associate Judge Vacancy Nominees Announced For 22nd Circuit.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The St. Louis City Judicial Commission announced the panel of three nominees to be submitted to Gov. Bob Holden to fill the associate judge vacancy on the St. Louis Circuit Court created by the...

Missouri Judge Gets Attorney Fees.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Jackson County Circuit Judge W. Stephen Nixon was entitled to $7,188 in attorney fees, the Western Division held on Feb. 25, affirming a trial court's award in a suit against him. The Long family...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern Case Summaries: March 3, 2003.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Counterclaims - Finality - Judgments Where the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellant did not dispose of respondent's counterclaims, the judgment is...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: March 3, 2003.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Witnesses - Failure To Endorse - Closing Argument (1) Where defendant attempted to call his wife to testify for him without endorsing her as a witness in his jury trial for driving...

Verdicts and Settlements March 3, 2003: Mo. jury awards $1.493M in med-mal suit.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The family of Virginia Hibdon sued her anesthesiologist, claiming the doctor allowed air into her IV, causing her death. Dr. Michael Mahoney was the anesthesiologist assigned to the hysterectomy of...

The Missouri Bar Plan's Rating Increased to "A".
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company announced that its rating has been raised to "A" (Excellent) from "A-" (Excellent) by A.M. Best Company. According to a statement by Bar Plan President and CEO...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: March 3, 2003.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff BSW Litigation & Valuation Services in St. Louis announced Mark A. Leverenz CPA has joined the firm as a senior consultant. Leverenz was previously with Edward Jones and will specialize in securities...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: March 3, 2003.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Consideration - Buy- Sell Agreement - Marital Interest (1) Where a Buy-Sell Agreement called for the termination of employment of a stockholder to constitute an implied offer to sell...

U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit Case Summaries: March 3, 2003.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Relief From Stay - State Court Litigation - Judicial Economy (1) Where a debtor's corporate co-defendant in a construction litigation case was not involved in his bankruptcy case and...

Verdicts and Settlements March 3, 2003: Mo. jury awards $441,011 in probate court.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The beneficiary of an estate accused her stepmother of forging a promissory note that would significantly reduce the value of the estate. After the death of Hugh Plenge, Mercantile Trust & Savings...

Verdicts and Settlements March 3, 2003: Breach of contract leads to $5.4M judgement.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A subcontractor sued the general contractor on a paper manufacturing plant project after massive design changes resulted in $6.8 million worth of extra work. The Fru-Con/Fluor-Daniel Joint Venture...

Missouri Court of Appeals Case Summaries: March 10, 2003.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Rule 84.04 - Brief - Inadequate Where the brief of a pro se appellant in a civil case did not contain a table of cases, statutes or other authorities or a statement of the...

Missouri Lawyers In The News.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Evans & Dixon announced Law-rence L. Pratt has joined the St. Louis office as an associate in its Civil Litigation Practice. Pratt is a graduate of Washington University School of Law and Brigham Young...

Missouri Supreme Court Rules Man Asleep At The Wheel Was 'Operating' His Car.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Anne Chellis Vitale A man found sleeping in the driver's seat of a parked car with the keys in the ignition and the motor running could be arrested for drunk driving, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled in a 4-3 decision. This...

Missouri Lawyer William M. Van Cleve Dies At 73.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff William M. Van Cleve, former managing partner and chairman of Bryan Cave, died on Feb. 28 at the age of 73. A 1953 graduate of Washington University, he joined Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts...

Missouri Supreme Court Rules Claimant's Fault Relevant To Comp Subrogation.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Where an employee recovered workers' compensation and then settled a products liability case after a verdict in which the jury found comparative fault, that fault should be taken into account when determining the...

St. Louis charitable groups split $1.4M settlement over auto dealer's faxed advertisements.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff In another boon for legal services, it was announced that two dozen charitable groups around St. Louis will share nearly $1.4 million of the $6.5 million settlement from a lawsuit over an auto...

Missouri Legislative Bills Would Aid Legal Services.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Legislation introduced in both the Missouri House and Senate could provide up to $8.5 million a year to legal service organizations across the state. Senate Bill 447 and House Bill 427 would add an...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern Case Summaries: March 10, 2003.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Final Judgment - Trial Court Order - In Forma Pauperis Where the trial court denied a party's motion to proceed in forma pauperis, the order did not resolve a claim in the...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: March 10, 2003.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Transfer Granted The Missouri Supreme Court granted transfer on March 4 in the following cases: Alienation Of Affections Buchanan County verdict: A woman whose husband filed for divorce...

Missouri Bar Recognizes Educators.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Missouri Bar presented the 2003 E.A. Richter Award for Excellence in Citizenship Education to Cindy Hefling and Nancy Hequembourg at The Missouri Bar Annual Spring Conference for Educators, held in...

Missouri Construction Worker Wins $30M For Electric Shock.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Kelly Kress A carpenter who received a 277-volt electric shock at a construction site has won a $30 million verdict in his Jackson County case against an electrical subcontractor. Plaintiff Virgil McCormack claimed that Capital...

Workers' Comp Bill Passed By Missouri House.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A workers' compensation bill winding its way through the Missouri General Assembly would make fundamental changes to the state's comp system, experts say. Among the significant changes proposed in...

10 Years Ago In Missouri Lawyers Weekly: Nurse Sues For Wrongful Discharge.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A nurse fired by a hospital for publicly complaining about inadequate medical treatment for a dying patient could sue the hospital for wrongful discharge under the public policy exception to the at-will...

Verdicts and Settlements March 10, 2003: Car crash results in $93,500K settlement.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A St. Louis County woman sued two truck drivers after a collision with their dump truck. Jeanette Jung was on her way to work on northbound Highway 141 near Interstate 44. Two dump trucks were in...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western Case Summaries: March 10, 2003.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Quantum Meruit - Value Of Services Where a company that attempted to form a joint venture with another company but was not financially able to go through with the deal sought...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: March 10, 2003.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Final Judgment - QDRO Order - Nunc Pro Tunc - Rule 74.01(a) Where a trial court awarded a wife pension benefits in a Qualified Domestic Relations Order and later denominated...

United States Court Of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: March 10, 2003.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Auction - Reopened Bidding - Compromise Where the highest bidder at a debtor's auction knew that a sale could not be final until approved by the bankruptcy court, the bidder's...

Verdicts and Settlements March 10, 2003: Mo. jury rules for defendants in wrongful termination suit.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Two employees sued Pyro Products Inc. of Jefferson County, for wrongful discharge, claiming that they were fired after complaining to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and company...

Verdicts and Settlements March 10, 2003: Mo. judge awards sexual abuse victim $6.76M.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff After a man was convicted of sexually abusing his daughter, she sued him for the cost of long-term psychiatric treatment needed to recover from the abuse. Allen Muenzer of Hurley, Mo., pled guilty...

Verdicts and Settlements March 10, 2003: Mo. jury awards $118K in med-mal suit against chiropractor.
March 10, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A recent $118,000 malpractice verdict against a chiropractor could ignite interest in a cause of action usually ignored by plaintiffs' attorneys, according to the patient's lawyer. Herman Praszkier, who...

Missouri Mock Trial State Championship.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Students from across Missouri are putting on their Sunday best, polishing their lines, checking their facts and getting ready for the 24th annual Missouri High School Mock Trial State Championship,...

Missouri doctors beat state lawyers at a game of basketball.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A team of Cape Girardeau doctors beat a group of lawyers on the court in a March 7 basketball game in Cape Girardeau. The 60-49 game marked the 10th year for the annual Doctors vs. Lawyers...

Missouri Woman Wins $25K Verdict Against Trenton Mayor.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A Trenton, Mo., businesswoman won a $25,000 verdict in her First Amendment retaliation claim against Trenton Mayor Timothy Whitaker. However, in identical claims against Police Chief Bob Lewis and the...

Verdicts and Settlements March 17, 2003: Restaurant owner pays customer $3,428 for personal injury.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bessie Yvette Ezell sued the owners of Gates & Sons Barbeque in Kansas City for injuries she suffered when a piece of drywall fell on her head inside the restaurant. Ezell, 50, was waiting for a...

Verdicts and Settlements March 17, 2003: St. Louis City Pays $17,440K For Personal Injury Claim.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff David L. Jones sued the City of St. Louis after he tripped and fell on an uneven sidewalk and fractured his kneecap. On Oct. 4, 1998 Davis was returning to his car after a church service on Clara...

Verdicts and Settlements March 17, 2003: Breach of fiduciary duty results in suit and counterclaim.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Two partners sued a third after they claimed he misappropriated funds from their rental resort business and caused loans to default. Mark Chapman, David Latimer and Ron Shaddox formed Saddlebrook...

Verdicts and Settlements March 17, 2003: Mo. doctor settles for $1M in med-mal suit.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The parents of a baby born with a cancerous tumor sued her doctors after the tumor compressed her spinal cord, leaving her partially paralyzed. Baby Doe was born in southwest Missouri on Jan. 2,...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Rules Uninsured Motorist Policy Set-Off Was OK Under MVFRL.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A set-off provision in an auto policy that reduced liability coverage by the amount of the uninsured motorist coverage did not violate public policy, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District has ruled. ...

St. Louis Chiropractor Med-Mal Case Gets Attention Of Attorneys.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A recent $118,000 malpractice verdict against a chiropractor could ignite interest in a cause of action usually ignored by plaintiffs' attorneys, according to the patient's lawyer. Herman Praszkier, who...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: March 17, 2003.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Transcript - Failure To File - Rule 81.12 Where appellants in a civil case failed to file a transcript of the trial court proceedings as required under Missouri Supreme Court...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: March 17, 2003.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Evidence - Sufficiency Accomplice Liability Where ample circumstantial evidence existed to find that a defendant participated in a burglary at least to the extent necessary to...

Former Missouri Prosecutor Gordon N. Myerson Dies At 63.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Gordon N. Myerson of Leawood, Kan., died Feb. 28 at the age of 63 while on a fishing trip in Costa Rica. Myerson, a former prosecutor for Jackson County, formed his own firm in 1984, practicing...

Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission Hit For $25 Million In Construction Zone Case.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Kelly Kress A man injured in a 1997 auto accident has won a $25 million verdict -- thought to be a record in Clay County -- against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission and the other driver who hit his car, but he may...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: March 17, 2003.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative License Discipline - Judicial Order - Jurisdiction Where a trial judge ordered the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts to make findings of fact in a license...

10 Years Ago In Missouri Lawyers Weekly: Divorce client wins $6.8M legal malpractice verdict.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The tremor being felt by attorneys across the state is the aftershock of a $6.8 million verdict in favor of a former divorce client against her attorney, David Lacks, for legal malpractice. It took a...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: March 17, 2003.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Missouri Bar Center for Civic Education has announced that Anthony Totta and Professor Hank Chambers were selected to judge the 2003 National We The People finals in Washington, D.C. Totta, a...

Practitioners Laud Missouri Lawyers Weekly's Online Forum After One Year.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Missouri Lawyers Weekly's online forum celebrates its one-year anniversary this week, and lawyers say it's been an invaluable resource for keeping on the "pulse" of the legal community in Missouri. ...

United States Court Of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: March 17, 2003.
March 17, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fees - Social Security - Well Founded - Law And Fact Where a Social Security disability benefits claimant prevailed on appeal but the district court denied him attorney's fees based...

Union Pacific Reaches $12.5M RR Crossing Settlement.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On March 11 Kansas City attorney Thomas C. Jones reached a $12.5 million settlement with Union Pacific in a lawsuit involving a collision between one of its freight trains and a motorist at a railroad...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: March 24, 2003.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Kansas City law firm of Gunn, Shank & Stover announced that Gregory A. Carpenter and Curtis G. Eylar have been elected to its board of directors. Carpenter earned his bachelor degree, as well as a...

Lawyer Who Won Verdict Fights State Of Missouri For His Fee.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A lawyer who won a $46,000 judgment for a prisoner is now battling the state of Missouri to get his contingent fee in the case. Attorney General Jay Nixon claims that the judgment -- including the fee -- should...

Verdicts and Settlements March 24, 2004: Mo. jury awards high school student for harrassment claim.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A high school student sued the Sturgeon R-V School District for negligent supervision, claiming she was physically and sexually harassed by other students. The student, a 15-year-old freshman at...

Verdicts and Settlements March 24, 2003: Mo. jury awards $1M to employee for on-the-job injury.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A railroad worker who tripped over vines growing along the tracks and herniated a disc sued his employer under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Emmit Pickett was a conductor for Kansas City...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: March 24, 2003.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Inculpatory Statements - Jury Trial - Waiver (1) Where defendant's trial counsel announced that he would waive jury trial, the defendant made no objection to the waiver and the...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: March 24, 2003.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Rule 84.04 - Brief - Inadequate Where the State's brief on appeal in a civil forfeiture case failed to explain the trial court's alleged error in the points relied on and...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: March 24, 2003.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Disciplinary Proceeding - Dishonesty - Deceiving OCDC Where an attorney failed to file a motion for a client, moved his office out of state without telling her and later faxed copies...

United States Court Of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: March 24, 2003.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Sanctions - Frivolous Filing - Rule 11 - Amount (1) Where a law firm brought claims of fraud and fraudulent inducement in a contract action but failed to show any evidence of fraud...

Missouri Lawyer Wants Sober Clients.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Independence defense attorney Mike McIntosh specializes in drunk driving cases. Personally, he is a recovering alcoholic who has been sober for the past 14 years. Based on his unique perspective,...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Rules Site Owner Could Be Sued For Toxic Dumping By Hauler.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Where a hauling company that was hired to remove contaminated concrete from a remediation site dumped the concrete in a ditch, people who owned the ditch could sue the site owner for negligence, the Missouri Court...

Wife's 'Marital Tort' Case Results In $15K Verdict.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Kelly Kress A man who forcibly performed a pelvic exam on his wife to find proof that she was having an affair has been hit with a $15,001 verdict in her St. Charles County battery case. According to the wife's attorney, an...

10 Years Ago In Missouri Lawyers Weekly: Workers' Comp Reimbursed Despite Fault.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Where an employee got workers' compensation benefits for an on-the-job injury caused by a third person, the work comp insurance carrier was entitled to full reimbursement out of the employee's damages...

Verdicts and Settlements March 24, 2003: Fatal auto crash results in $200K settlement.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The family of Everett Johnston, who was run over and killed by a pickup truck, sued Johnston's insurance carrier for coverage under his uninsured motorist policies. On Sept. 9, 2002 Johnston, 60,...

Rare Prisoner's Rights Victory For Kansas City Attorneys.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff In a rare prisoner's rights victory, Kansas City attorneys Eric Packel and Anne Schiavone recently obtained a federal court judgment for $15,000 in compensatory damages and $30,000 in punitive damages...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Rules Company Not Responsible For Crash By Employee.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale Where an employee on a personal errand was involved in an accident while driving a company truck, the other driver hurt in the accident could not sue the company for his injuries, the Missouri Court of Appeals'...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: March 24, 2003.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Judgment - Finality - Contempt Order Where an appellant in a civil case was the subject of a civil contempt order and the record did not show whether she had complied with...

Commentary: 'I Was Only Following Orders'.
March 24, 2003... Byline: Emily Eichenhorn More and more, clients are coming to lawyers with "completed" deals, seeking only for the lawyer to translate the negotiated agreement to paper to seal the transaction. The risks presented by these "scrivener"...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Rules Grandson On Property Not Covered By Policy.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones A boy who lived with his mother rent-free in a house on his grandparents' farm -- 20 feet away from the grandparents' house -- did not live within their "household" or their "curtilage," the Missouri Court of...

Patient Raped In Missouri Hospital Wins $268K For Negligence.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A 15-year-old who was raped in her hospital room by a teenage male patient has won $268,000 in her Jackson County negligence case against Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital. The plaintiff claimed that lax monitoring...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: March 31, 2003.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Rule 74.01 - Judgment - Denomination Where an order granting attorney's fees in a civil case was not denominated a judgment as required under Rule 74.01(a), there was no...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: March 31, 2003.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Summary Judgment - Response - Timeliness - Defamation (1) Where a plaintiff in a civil suit failed to file a response to the defendant's summary judgment motion which had been...

Guidance For Missouri Contractors.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On March 4 the Missouri Supreme Court denied transfer in a breach of contract case between two Missouri contractors. As a result, PR Developers, Inc. collected over $1.6 million in damages awarded by a...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments via telephone and video conferencing.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard an oral argument on Monday March 24, which is not at all unusual. But it was unusual that no judge was in the courtroom during the arguments. According to...

Verdicts and Settlements March 31, 2003: Police Officer Wins $50K In Whistleblower Case.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A Kinloch police officer who was fired after he reported unlawful activity sued the city for wrongful discharge. The Kinloch Police Department provided surveillance on Kinloch Housing Authority...

Verdicts and Settlements March 31, 2003: Doctor Wins Suit For Lost Vision Upon Bypass Surgery.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff An anesthesiologist sued the hospital where he had bypass surgery, claiming that negligent nursing care caused him to partially lose sight in his right eye. Dr. Ronald Morley, 53, entered Capital...

Verdicts and Settlements March 31, 2003: Mo. jury rules for defendant in products liability case.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff A construction worker filed a products liability suit against a drill manufacturer, claiming that a defective drill design caused him to fall 40 feet. Russell O'Mara was a member of a bridge...

Missouri Attorney Helps El Salvadoran Poor.
March 31, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Through the organization Homes from the Heart, Kansas City attorney Nancy Jochens strives to improve the lives of hundreds of El Salvadoran families. As one of the founders of Homes from the Heart,...