Missouri Lawyers Weekly articles from May 2003

Missouri Lawyers Weekly archives from May 2003

Women Lawyers' Association Judicial And Scholarship Awards To Be Held In St. Louis.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On May 7 the Women Lawyers' Association will host its annual Judicial and Scholarship Awards Reception. The event will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Washington University School of Law's...

Kansas City Attorney Wins $5M Verdict In South Dakota Case.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Kansas City attorney Michael P. Healy won a $5 million verdict in his dealer franchise termination case on behalf of his client, Diesel Machinery, Inc., a heavy construction equipment dealer in South...

St. Louis Law Firm Takes Over The Courts.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On April 18, St. Louis law firm Kramer & Frank moved into its new digs and simultaneously took over the courts. But these aren't the type of courts where you'd expect to see a bunch of lawyers during...

Homeowner Disputes With Contractors Can Be Avoided.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Kelly Kress A recent $30,000 judgment for a St. Louis County homeowner against a remodeling contractor is an example of the often-hostile relationship between the two camps. Attorney Joel Case's client paid $14,000 to the...

Verdicts & Settlements May 5, 2003: Woman Burned By Power Line Settles For $12M.(Case overview)
May 5, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A woman who was severely burned and had an arm and leg amputated after a power line fell on her has settled her Jackson County lawsuit against several defendants for $12 million. Melanie Monroe claimed that a...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District Rules Newspaper Publisher Can Be Sued Over Accident.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale The family of a man killed in a collision with a newspaper delivery driver could sue the newspaper publisher, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District has ruled in a case contrary to an Eastern District...

Mo. Court of Appeals' Southern District Rules 'Property Manager' Was Not Covered Under CGL Policy.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Where a child drowned in a bathtub while in the care of a woman who claimed to be real estate manager of the property, the property owner's liability policy did not cover the accident, the Missouri Court of...

Interview With Martin D. Kerckhoff: Executive Vice President, General Counsel for Cequel III.(Interview)
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Coming off a five-year stint in South Africa where he oversaw multiple businesses for SBC Communications, Martin D. Kerckhoff returned to his St. Louis roots earlier this year, joining Cequel III as...

Verdicts & Settlements May 5, 2003: Police Dispatcher Claimed FMLA Violation.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $20,575 Verdict A former Kansas City police dispatcher sued the police department, claiming that she was penalized for taking time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Susan Darby...

Verdicts & Settlements May 5, 2003: Driver Collided With Hay Bale.(Brief article)(Case overview)
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict A driver sued a Harrison County man after she collided with a bale of hay he was hauling on his tractor. Nadine Stark was driving west on Highway 136 in Harrison County on...

Verdicts & Settlements May 5, 2003: Sponge Discovered In Man's Abdomen.(Case overview)
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict A Mexico, Mo., man sued his surgeon and the hospital where he had abdominal surgery after a sponge was discovered inside his abdomen. In 1993 67-year-old Elmer Kleindienst...

Verdicts & Settlements May 5, 2003: Man Died After Gallbladder Surgery.(Brief article)
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $800,000 Settlement The family of a 44-year-old Ironton man who died following gallbladder surgery sued the surgeon for wrongful death. Mark Stricklin had his gallbladder removed on Dec. 22,...

Verdicts & Settlements May 5, 2003: Woman Severely Burned By Downed Power Line.(Case overview)
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $12 Million Settlement Melanie Monroe sued Kansas City Power & Light Company after she was severely injured by a downed power line. Monroe, her husband and their two children lost power at their...

10 Years Ago In Missouri Lawyers Weekly: May 5, 2003.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Court To Decide Pre-Conception Tort The state Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether Missouri should join a short but growing list of states that recognize a cause of action for...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 5, 2003.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Res Judicata - Slander Of Title - Motion To Dismiss Where a defendant in a civil case failed to state grounds in his pro se motion to dismiss that would sustain a summary...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: May 5, 2003.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Hinshaw & Culbertson announced that Terese A. Drew has been appointed Partner-In-Charge of the firm's St. Louis office. Drew has been with the firm since 1987. She is a graduate of Stonehill College...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 5, 2003.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Discovery Abuse - License Discipline - Nursing Home Where the Board of Nursing Home Administrators was improperly barred by the Administrative Hearing Commission from presenting...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 5, 2003.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Traffic Stop - Race - Qualified Immunity (1) Where a police officer stopped a motorist for crossing the center of a two-lane highway and let her go with a warning after...

Lawyers' Association of St. Louis Honors Ritter.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Lawyers' Association of St. Louis presented Robert F. Ritter with its 2003 Award of Honor on April 26. In attendance at the dinner were notables such as former Senator Jean Carnahan, Attorney...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 5, 2003.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Rule 84.04 - Brief - Inadequate - Prose Where the brief of a pro se appellant in a criminal child endangerment case did not contain a statement of facts with a comprehensive...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: May 5, 2003.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Death Sentence - Habeas Relief - Claim Of Innocence - Constitutional Violation Where all of the key witnesses against a death penalty defendant recanted their testimony and no...

Missouri Inventor Of The Year Award To Be Held In St. Louis.(Brief article)
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On May 15 the Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis will host its 27th annual Missouri Inventor of the Year Award Ceremony. This prestigious award is...

Kansas City Lawyer Sheds Light On Sunshine Laws.(Brief article)
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On May 12 Kansas City attorney Jean Maneke will give a free lecture in Springfield, Mo., entitled "Getting The Whole Story: A Guide To Using The Sunshine Law." The program will provide journalists with...

Judge Lawrence Mooney of the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District Gives Tips.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Judge Lawrence Mooney of the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District made these tongue-in-cheek remarks about the appellate process during the Lawyers Association of St. Louis' January dinner...

Verdicts & Settlements May 12, 2003: Illinois Wrongful Death Case Settled.(Brief article)(Case overview)
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff St. Louis attorney Martin L. Perron reached a $1.275 million settlement with an Illinois hospital and the doctors accused of medical malpractice, resulting in the death of a Macoupin County woman. ...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District Changes Standard For Comp Appeals.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones An appellate court has no jurisdiction to decide whether a Labor and Industrial Relations Commission award is against the weight of the evidence, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District has ruled,...

Verdicts & Settlements May 12, 2003: Doctor Fired From Staff Wins $2M Against Hospital.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Kelly Kress A St. Louis County obstetrician who claimed St. Luke's Hospital tried to destroy his practice after it terminated him from staff won over $2 million in his tortious interference case against the hospital. Dr. David...

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Mo. Vacates $6 Million Award In Arbitration.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Where an arbitrator awarded $2,000 in actual damages and $6 million in punitive damages to a couple who filed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim against their home mortgage company, the award of punitives...

Job Outlook Bleak For New Law School Grads In Missouri.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale The job outlook for new law school graduates in Missouri is as discouraging as it has been in years, according to placement directors and area law firms. They attribute the gloomy situation to the downturn in the...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District Rules Post-Trial Surveillance Video Was Improper.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale Even though a surveillance videotape taken after a plaintiff's verdict in a FELA case showed her engaging in physical activities without major impairment, her employer was not entitled to a new trial, the Missouri...

Experts Answer Some Common Technology Questions.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Ask the Experts is a regular feature of Lawyers Weekly's Online Forum. The following questions and answers were taken from an installment focusing on technology. The questions came from members of...

Commentary: A Few Tech Tips Acquired Over The Years.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Bruce L. Dorner It's the little things that make the most difference. Just ask your spouse. The same holds true for computers. Knowing the little tweaks and adjustments that improve your relationship with the mechanical beast can...

Verdicts & Settlements May 12, 2003: Car Hit Truck Making Lane Change.(Case overview)
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Defendant's Verdict The family of a Lebanon man killed in an auto accident sued Richard S. Boerema and his employer, Central Trucking Inc. On April 20, 2000, Tony Cooley, age 39, was driving...

Verdicts & Settlements May 12, 2003: Janitor Hurt Back Lifting Safe.(Case overview)
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.5 Million Verdict A 51-year-old-man who was assigned to work at Mercantile Bank by his employer sued the bank supervisor after he was injured trying to lift a safe. In 1993, Sylvester Murry...

Verdicts & Settlements May 12, 2003: College Student Hurt In Van Accident.(Case overview)
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $5 Million Settlement A college freshman injured while riding in a school van filed a garnishment case against the school's insurance company after it refused to pay his claim. Bryan Sisson...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - App. Panel Case Summaries: May 12, 2003.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Judicial Lien - Homestead Exemption - Statutory Formula Even though Chapter 7 debtors were allowed to avoid an entire judicial lien on their homestead because the impairment exceeded...

U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit Case Summaries: May 12, 2003.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Agriculture Agricultural Credit Act - Debt Restructure - Recapture Where farmers entered into debt restructure agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture under the Agricultural...

U.S. District Court Eastern District Case Summaries: May 12, 2003.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Contract - Punitive Damages - Ambiguity - Jurisdiction Where an arbitrator awarded $2,000 in actual damages and $6 million in punitive damages to a couple who filed a Fair Debt...

10 Years Ago In Missouri Lawyers Weekly: May 12, 2003.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Child Support Duty Terminated A child who graduated from high school, spent the summer doing basic training in the National Guard and registered for college on Oct. 23 -- 22 days after the...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: May 12, 2003.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Evans & Dixon has added elder law and estate planning to its practice areas. The firm also opened a new office in St. Louis Hills, headed by Christine A. Alsop, who joined the firm to establish the...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 12, 2003.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Per Curiam Orders The following judgments have been affirmed in per curiam orders: Bush v. Dierberg's Markets, Inc. (MLW No. 38062 -- 1 page) (per curiam) Appealed from Labor and Industrial...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 12, 2003.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Motion For New Trial - 'Aggrieved' Party - Adverse Judgment Where a jury awarded only $10,000 to the parents of a 2-year-old who drowned in a neighbors' sewage pond and the...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 12, 2003.
May 12, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Billboards - Permit - Termination Where an outdoor advertiser built and placed advertising on one side of a billboard but did not place an advertising message on the other side...

Springfield Spouses Win Back-To-Back.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff In a nine-month timeframe, Springfield attorney Andy Hodges represented a husband and wife injured in two separate car accidents. Both cases resulted in $500,000 settlements. On June 25, 2001,...

Verdicts & Settlements May 19, 2003: Man Bites Dog In RR Crossing Case.(Brief article)
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Ordinarily, St. Louis attorney Robert Wm. Bosslet Jr. would represent a motorist injured by a train in a railroad crossing case. This time, however, he represented an engineer who was injured when his...

Count Your Lucky Stars: Error in Testing In Multistate Bar Exam Passes Failed Missourian.(Brief article)
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Because of an error by the company that grades the Multistate Bar Exam, one lucky Missourian who initially "failed" the February Missouri bar has now passed. American College Testing Inc., which...

Legal Services Merger In Missouri Scrapped.(Brief article)
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff At a meeting in Jefferson City on May 9, the Statewide Legal Services Commission abandoned its plan to consolidate the state's four legal services programs into a singe entity. Instead, the Commission...

Missouri Bar Administration Advisory Committee: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Advisory Committee Missouri Bar Administration FORMAL OPINION #115, as amended Attorney may not withhold property belonging to his client to enforce payment of fees or expenses. ...

Verdicts & Settlements May 19, 2003: RR Hit For $4.8 Million After Sanctions For 'Spoliation'.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Kelly Kress The parents of a teenager killed in a railroad crossing accident won a $4.8 million verdict in their Jackson County case against Kansas City Southern Railway. The verdict came on April 16 after the trial court...

Missouri OKs Six New Medical Malpractice Carriers.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale After the turbulent economy forced five area medical malpractice insurers to flee the market between August 2001 and May 2002, Missouri lost 57 percent of its previous capacity for writing new insurance policies....

Bristol-Myers Co. Settles Lawsuit With Cole County Woman Over Addiction.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones A Cole County woman who claimed a pharmaceutical company concealed the addictive nature of her migraine headache medication has settled her federal products liability case for a confidential amount. Plaintiff...

Missouri Supreme Court Rules Contempt Order Vs. Husband Not Appealable.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A husband who was held in contempt for failure to pay child support but was never incarcerated could not appeal the contempt order, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled. This was because the order had not been...

Commentary: Attorneys E-Raged: My Anti E-Mail Manifesto.
May 19, 2003... Byline: David L. Yas E-mail. Once an innovation, now an aggravation. Once a covenience, now a nuisance. Please don't tell me that e-mail has made your professional life more efficient and that you can't remember life without it. I...

Verdicts & Settlements May 19, 2003: Woman Sues Pharmaceutical Company.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Confidential Settlement A Cole County woman sued Bristol-Myers Squibb, claiming that she became addicted to a pain killer because the pharmaceutical company concealed its addictive nature. In...

Verdicts & Settlements May 19, 2003: Woman Sues Pharmaceutical CompanyWorker Fired After Comp Claim.(Brief article)
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $47,500 Verdict An employee who claimed an automobile dealer fired him because he filed a workers' compensation claim sued the company for his lost wages and emotional distress. Aaron Bishop...

Verdicts & Settlements May 19, 2003: Man Filed Uninsured Motorist Case.(Brief article)
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $96,858 Verdict A driver sued his insurance company after it refused to pay an uninsured motorist claim. Harry Gerlt, [AGE], was rear-ended by an uninsured motorist in 1996. He suffered...

Verdicts & Settlements May 19, 2003: Couple Contests Condemnation Award.(Brief article)
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $300,000 Verdict A St. Louis County couple whose property was condemned for the expansion of an electric substation contested the amount of the award. Karen and Gary Phillips owned 2.95 acres...

Verdicts & Settlements May 19, 2003: Man Paralyzed After Hip Replacement.(Brief article)
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $404,970 Verdict A Marion County man sued his orthopedic surgeon after his lower leg became paralyzed following hip replacement surgery. As a child, Robert Lawson, who was 44 at the time of the...

Verdicts & Settlements May 19, 2003: RR Hit For $4.8 Million After Sanctions For 'Spoliation'.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Kelly Kress The parents of a teenager killed in a railroad crossing accident won a $4.8 million verdict in their Jackson County case against Kansas City Southern Railway. The verdict came on April 16 after the trial court...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Class Action - Certification - Insurance Contract Where class action plaintiffs claimed an insurance company breached its contract with policyholders to restore their vehicles to...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Claim of Exemption - Lawsuit Recovery - Medical Expenses Even though a debtor obtained a discharge of medical bills from injuries in an auto accident in her Chapter 7 proceeding, the...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Replacement Arbitrator - Ongoing Arbitration - Insurance Companies Where two insurance companies which were parties to an arbitration had engaged in discovery for more than a year...

Missouri Lawyers In The News: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Deidre Gallagher has joined the St. Louis firm Fox Galvin as a partner. Gallagher, formerly of Armstrong Teasdale, specializes in complex tort litigation. She holds a Bachelor of Science in nursing from...

Missouri Legal Ethics Counsel Issues Opinions: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 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....

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Domestic Relations Periodic Maintenance - Past Child Support - Automatic Lien Where the trial court in a domestic relations case entered a specific sum for arrearage owed to a wife as part of a...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Judgment - Finality - Failure to Denominate Where the trial court failed to denominate a party's Motion to Set Aside a Default Judgment as either a "judgment" or a "decree"...

10 Years Ago In Missouri Lawyers Weekly: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff UIM Insurer Can Seek Restitution Where an auto accident victim accepted the other driver's policy limits in exchange for a covenant not to execute on the driver's other assets, and the victim then...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 19, 2003.
May 19, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Parent and Child Parental Rights - Termination - Letter from Senator Even though the juvenile court judge in a termination of parental rights case received a letter from a state senator...

Bankruptcy Judge Finalists Chosen In Missouri's Western District.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Following the death of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Koger, six finalists have been selected to fill the vacancy on the bench in Missouri's Western District. The six finalists include: Dennis Dow,...

Sanctions On 'Spoliation' In Missouri Debated By Practitioners.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Kelly Kress Creating a separate cause of action in Missouri for spoliation of evidence would do much to deter discovery abuse, according to observers. Under current state law, destroying or withholding evidence is treated as a...

GM Settles Lawsuit Over 'Sidesaddle' Fuel Tanks.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A woman whose 18-year-old son died in a fire after a pickup truck accident has settled her products liability case against General Motors for a confidential amount. Plaintiff Cindy Hahs contended that the...

Missouri Court of Appeals' Southern District Hits Previous Employer For 'Last Exposure'.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A woman's previous employer was responsible for her repetitive motion injuries under the last exposure rule even though her claims were filed more than 90 days after leaving that job, the Missouri Court of Appeals'...

Missouri Lawyer Energized By Razor Deal.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Time was definitely of the essence in Energizer's $930 million acquisition of Schick earlier this year. The St. Louis-based battery maker inked the stock and asset deal on Jan. 21 and closed its purchase of the...

Verdicts & Settlements May 26, 2003: Pickup Truck Hit Pedestrian.(Case overview)
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $401,600 Verdict A pedestrian who was hit by a pickup truck sued the pickup driver and the driver's employer. On Nov. 5, 2001 Patrick O'Brien was on his way to work at Holden Animal Clinic and...

Verdicts & Settlements May 26, 2003: Woman Struck By Empty Bus.(Case overview)
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.79 Million Settlement The husband of an Alva, Okla., woman sued Lancer Insurance Company after it refused to pay a judgment awarded in a personal injury case. In June 1995 Summit Bus Company...

Verdicts & Settlements May 26, 2003: Cement Truck Caused Fatal Accident.(Brief article)(Case overview)
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $3.5 Million Settlement The family of a Wyoming woman attending school in Camdenton sued Ozark Ready-Mix after a cement truck overturned onto the woman's car, causing her death. Kari Zenga,...

Verdicts & Settlements May 26, 2003: Engineer Hurt When Train Derailed.(Case overview)
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff $4.1 Million Verdict An engineer sued Union Pacific Railroad after the company would not pay for his work-related injuries, claiming he refused vocational rehabilitation services. On May 11,...

Washington University School of Law in St. Louis Presents Alumni Award.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff On April 11 Washington University School of Law presented St. Louis attorney Maury B. Poscover with its Distinguished Alumni Award. This award is given annually to an alumnus to recognize professional...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 26, 2003.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Trial Court's Order - Judgment - Finality Where the appellants in a civil case that remained pending in the trial court appealed from an order denying their motion to...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 26, 2003.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Rule 84.04 - Brief - Inadequate Where the brief of an appellant in a civil case failed to summarize the legal reasoning supporting his claims, failed to cite relevant...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 26, 2003.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Nursing Home Employee - Disqualification List - Mistake of Law Where a nursing home employee's name was added to the employee disqualification list under Section 198.090.2 after...

American Bar Association President Speaks In St. Louis.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Alfred P. Carlton Jr., president of the American Bar Association, was in St. Louis on May 16 to speak at the annual spring membership meeting of State Law Resources, Inc., a national organization of 46...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Rules City Venue Improper Based On Company CFO's Residence.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Kenneth C. Jones Property owners could not sue a corporation and several other defendants in a city venue on the sole grounds that the corporation's chief financial officer resided there, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 26, 2003.
May 26, 2003... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Sale of Property - Division - Painting (1) Where debtor's wife testified several times that she considered property including art purchased with her money to be joint property and...