Missouri Lawyers Weekly articles from May 2007

Missouri Lawyers Weekly archives from May 2007

Fallen stop sign case could yield clearer law about sovereign immunity rights in Missouri.(Hensley v. Jackson County)
May 7, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck The case of a fallen stop sign in Jackson County is being touted as a way to sort out longstanding confusion over the sovereign immunity rights of state political subdivisions. The Missouri Supreme Court on April 25...

St. Louis-based Gusdorf Law Firm pays back overtime.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole The Gusdorf Law Firm paid five employees a total of $800 in back overtime after the U.S. Department of Labor wrapped up an investigation into the collections firm's overtime practices. The debt collection...

Missouri Supreme Court rules retrospective suit against bank OK.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck In a series of concurring and dissenting opinions that pretty well covered the range of possible outcomes, the Missouri Supreme Court eked out a majority opinion last week that private causes of action are allowed under...

Lathrop & Gage's Fitter leaves CEO race.(Jim Fitter)
May 7, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole Jim Fitter, the interim chief executive at Lathrop & Gage, is out of the running for the permanent position. In an internal April 22 e-mail memo recently obtained by Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Fitter said he had...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 7, 2007.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Tobacco Settlement Agreement - Escrow Funds - Attorney's Fees Where the state sued a tobacco company for failing to place funds in an escrow account as required by settlement...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 7, 2007.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Contracts Credit Card Account - Statute Of Limitations - Declaratory Judgment Where a bank brought a breach of contract action against a credit card holder, judgment for the card holder is...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 7, 2007.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Assault - Uncharged Crimes - Res Gestae Exception Where a defendant was convicted of first-degree assault after he encouraged a friend to shoot the victim, evidence that the...

Missouri Supreme Court Decisions: May 7, 2007.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Settlement Dispute - Pending Appeal - Remedy Where the Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal finding that a settlement made the matter moot but a party disputed the settlement,...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 7, 2007.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Railroad Shipping - Rate Determination - Reasonableness Where a coal shipper, as a captive shipper, challenged a determination of the Surface Transportation Board that a...

Verdicts & Settlements May 7, 2007: Carpenter settles his collision claim for $1M.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Anne Vitale $1 million settlement A carpenter injured in a rear-end collision has settled his Jackson County personal injury case for $1 million. The primary issue in dispute was whether the plaintiff had pre-existing problems...

Verdicts & Settlements May 7, 2007: Excessive force case earns elderly driver a settlement.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck $185,000 settlement Police excessive-force cases haven't always been successful in the courts, but one such case in St. Charles County garnered a $185,000 settlement. In September 2005, Walter Horton, 79,...

Verdicts & Settlements May 7, 2007: Child ran through plate-glass window at subdivision clubhouse.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Stephanie Maniscalco $150,000 settlement A child who was injured when she ran through a window at a private subdivision clubhouse will receive $150,000 through a settlement with a North St. Louis County homeowners' association....

Verdicts & Settlements May 7, 2007: Obstetrician isn't liable for baby's shoulder injury.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter Defense verdict A DePaul Medical Group obstetrician wasn't negligent when a baby he was delivering was injured during labor, according to a St. Louis County jury that rejected the plaintiffs' request for a...

Verdicts & Settlements May 7, 2007: Jury sides with district's security company.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Anne Vitale Defense verdict Westport Community Improvement District has prevailed in a Jackson County lawsuit brought by five relatives alleging assault, battery, conspiracy, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution...

Former 8th Circuit Chief Judge Donald Lay dies.(Donald P. Lay)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 7, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter Donald P. Lay, who served more than 40 years on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died Sunday at his home in North Oaks, Minn. He was 80. He was appointed to the 8th Circuit by President Lyndon B. Johnson in...

Kilroy Sr. gives up premier office to his son at law firm of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy.(Jack Kilroy Sr., Jack Kilroy Jr.)(Brief article)
May 7, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole The occupant of one of the more luxurious Shughart Thomson & Kilroy offices may be changing, but the nameplate won't alter much. Jack Kilroy Sr. is ceding his 18th floor office in a curve of the building at 12...

8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals: Sweat test ruled 'generally reliable'.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals last week gave those on probation a reason to sweat - though they might prefer not to. The court, in an opinion issued April 25, upheld the use of drug-testing sweat patches as...

Missouri Lawyers in the News: May 7, 2007.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Jerome V. Bales, Lathrop & Gage, has been chosen as an editor for Design Professional and Construction Manager Law. The American Bar Association publication addresses legal roles, responsibilities and...

Movement on Missouri Plan bill stalls.(retention rate of black female judges low)
May 7, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck and Allison Retka A Mound City Bar Association study that shows black female judges score lowest in Missouri's retention surveys comes at a time when the Legislature is reconsidering the entire nonpartisan court plan -...

St. Louis-based Thompson Coburn is merging with Chicago law firm.(FagelHaber)
May 7, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole Thompson Coburn is merging with a Chicago firm in a move that will create the law firm's largest office outside the St. Louis area. Thompson Coburn announced Thursday, May 3 that the firm had signed a letter of...

Missouri Supreme Court case depends on the meaning of 'bring'.(expungement order)
May 7, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck Call it a case of premature expungement. In 2003, William T. Brown successfully asked the Clay County court to get rid of an arrest record stemming from a misunderstanding three years prior at a Kansas City area...

Government work: Law firms making good money working for City of Springfield.(Lathrop and Gage, Evans and Green, White Goss Bowers March Schulte and Weisenfels, Lowther Johnson, law firms)
May 7, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole When the city of Springfield bought the loan for the historic Heer's Tower from Great Southern Bank late last year, the city also acquired a year's worth of Lathrop & Gage's legal fees. The city foreclosed on the...

Missouri State Public Defender Office to get $1.15 million.(Brief article)
May 7, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck Missouri State Public Defender Marty Robinson got an exercise in fractional math Thursday, as members of a legislative conference committee put the final touches on the fiscal year 2008 budget. The committee settled...

Change sought in Missouri Legislature to clarify awkward 'juvenile' year.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck The teenage years are awkward - socially, physically, emotionally. But in Missouri they're legally confusing, as well. Under state law, a 17-year-old is considered an adult for all offenses, major and minor. But a...

Verdicts and Settlements May 14, 2007: Missouri jury splits fault in collision between truck and rig.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka $200,000 verdict Daylight, twilight or nighttime - the lighting conditions along a rural stretch of U.S. Highway 61 in Pike County were central to a personal injury crash tried before a St. Louis County jury late...

Verdicts and Settlements May 14, 2007: City of St. Louis prevails in lawsuit over fatal car accident.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Anne Vitale Defense verdict The City of St. Louis has prevailed in wrongful death lawsuit that claimed the city was responsible for a fatal car accident because it did not repair a traffic signal in a timely manner. "I...

Without a will, an artist's work may be lost.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher When Philadelphia artist Jerome Kaplan died 10 years ago, his wife, Anne Kaplan, inherited about 500 pieces of his work - and the task of figuring out what to do with it all. Like many artists, Jerome...

Missouri Supreme Court turns down Saigh case.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole A case highlighting the purchase of a $5,100 shower assembly as part of the renovations of a nonagenarian's home is heading back to St. Louis County Circuit Court. The Missouri Supreme Court on May 1 declined to...

Bryan Cave adds 11.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire report Bryan Cave added 11 attorneys through lateral recruiting at its Washington, D.C., and Kansas City, Mo., offices. The Washington, D.C., office recruited tax and estate partner Mary Ann Mancini and three...

Missouri Lawyers in the News: May 14, 2007.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Charles G. Misko, a partner with the law firm of Stinson Morrison Hecker in St. Louis, was appointed April 30 to the Missouri Real Estate Commission. His appointment is subject to Senate...

Missouri patent ruling not obvious to all.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Charles Emerick In one of the most significant patent rulings in decades, the U.S. Supreme Court made patents more difficult to obtain and easier to challenge. And the recent unanimous ruling in KSR International Co. v....

Missouri Commission on Human Rights changes its policy on issuing right to sue letters.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka After months of litigation over the agency's handling of employment discrimination claims, the Missouri Commission on Human Rights has changed its policy on issuing right to sue letters. The letters, which are...

Missouri Sunshine Law request highlights nature of Judicial Conference.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck An ongoing Sunshine Law request through the Missouri Supreme Court is highlighting the rather informal way in which Missouri's statewide organization of judges makes decisions. John Stoeffler, a Ballwin resident and...

Lawmakers push patent reform.(Brief article)
May 14, 2007... Byline: Dolan Media Newswire A bipartisan group of lawmakers has unveiled patent reform legislation in both the House and Senate aimed at protecting the quality of patents and stemming costly litigation. The lawmakers have won support...

Missouri representative blasts auditor for Second Injury Fund conflict.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck A House Republican on Monday, May 7 added to the chorus of criticism of a recent audit of the state's Second Injury Fund. Rep. Steve Hunter, R-Joplin, said State Auditor Susan Montee had a conflict of interest in...

With state budget complete, Missouri Public Defenders seek new solution.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck With next year's operating budget put to bed, the Missouri State Public Defender's Office is looking to other means to reduce its crushing caseload - although it doesn't know just yet what those other means are. ...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District rules plaintiffs' claims not barred by res judicata.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Joy Simmons The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District found that a car passenger and her husband could pursue a claim against State Farm Fire & Casualty Company for enforcement of their uninsured motorist benefits due to the...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 14, 2007.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Certification - Disposal Of Claim - Finality Of Judgment Where a trial court order directing the payment of attorney's fees in a receivership case did not fully dispose of a...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 14, 2007.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Child Molestation - Evidence - Plain Error Where the state in a child molestation case showed that the defendant had no sex life with the victim's mother and the defense argued...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 14, 2007.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Incarceration Reimbursement - Lack Of Notice Where an inmate was not given timely notice of a judgment ordering him to reimburse the state for the costs of incarceration under the...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 14, 2007.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Diversity Jurisdiction - Fraudulent Joinder - Work Comp Exclusivity Where a plaintiff who injured her hand in a power press machine at work sued the press manufacturer and her...

Commentary: Gonzales isn't first AG on the hot seat.(Attorney General Alberto Gonzales )
May 14, 2007... Byline: John DeMoor Pronouncements of U.S. attorneys being forced out because a Texas president named Bush didn't approve of their performance has emanated from our nation's capital these last few weeks. But for former U.S. Attorney Tom...

Verdicts and Settlements May 14, 2007: Missouri jail hanging case settles for $950K.
May 14, 2007... Byline: Anne Vitale $950,000 settlement The father and son of a man who hanged himself in the Arnold city jail have reached a $950,000 settlement in their wrongful death case against the city. In order to recover against a...

Missouri Supreme Court reverses Mallinckrodt decision.(Eaton v. Mallinckrodt Inc.)
May 21, 2007... Byline: Kyle Lewis and Stephanie Maniscalco A Jefferson County trial court should have held an evidentiary hearing to determine whether an attorney had authority to settle a case, according to the Missouri Supreme Court. The trial...

Missouri law firm Lathrop & Gage gets on the campaign bus.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Bridget Heos When Thor Hearne was attorney for the Bush Cheney Campaign in 2004, he worked with some of the best legal minds in America. He thought, wouldn't it be great if all politicians had access to skilled attorneys for...

Two-year limit stands with Missouri Supreme Court ruling.(White v. Zubres)
May 21, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck The Missouri Supreme Court last week affirmed a principle codified by the Legislature two years ago: A patient gets only two years to sue a doctor for providing erroneous information. In White v. Zubres, the court...

Former Missouri U.S. attorneys believe Gonzales should go.(Alberto Gonzales)
May 21, 2007... Byline: Tom Herrmann The maelstrom surrounding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was not created so much by the removal of nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006 as by the injection of politics that led to those dismissals, according to several...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 21, 2007.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Administrative Appeal - Party Designations - Inadequate Brief Where the state director of insurance appealed a trial court's reinstatement of the licenses of an insurance company...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 21, 2007.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Domestic Relations Child Support - 'Ability To Pay' - Findings Where a trial court awarded as child support 30 percent of a father's income, the father did not show that the amount was unjust...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 21, 2007.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Sufficiency Of Evidence - First- Degree Assault - Sentencing Even though a defendant aimed a gun downward and shot through a plate-glass door at the victim, the jury could find...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: May 21, 2007.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Settlement - Apparent Authority - Evidence Where defendants in a tort action brought a motion to enforce a settlement agreement entered into by an attorney who was dismissed by the...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 21, 2007.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Diversity Jurisdiction - Amount In Controversy - Enhanced Damages Where a corporation had claims against two former board of governor members for $66,000 and argued that enhanced...

Missouri lawyers say it is hard to take vacations.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Trish Mehaffey Going on vacation is similar to any business litigation - there must be room for negotiation. Sometimes that means the family has to allow side trips to Kinko's. In the case of Tim O'Brien, a business litigation...

Your vacation can pay off for the firm.(Brief article)
May 21, 2007... Byline: Sylvia Hsieh Dolan Media Newswires "It's a personal refresher to get away from everything. At the same time, running through the back of my head is long-term planning and what I want to focus on in the future," - Family law...

Verdicts and Settlements May 21, 2007: Missouri jury sides with insurance company.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Anne Vitale $0 plaintiff's verdict An insurance company convinced a Pike County jury that a woman embroiled in a bitter divorce intentionally set fire to the marital home, thereby negating coverage under their homeowners'...

Verdicts and Settlements May 21, 2007: Mo. jury awards $100K for 'step and fall' case.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Anne Vitale $100,000 verdict A Wayne County jury awarded $100,000 policy limits to a man who was injured when he fell into a hole in the parking lot of his sister's restaurant. In an unusual strategic move, the defense...

Verdicts and Settlements May 21, 2007: Mo. critical care doctor settles with family of steelworker.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Stephanie Maniscalco Confidential settlement The family of a retired steelworker settled their wrongful death case against a surgeon and a critical care physician for a confidential amount. Leboes Combs, a 60-year-old...

Sexual harassment liability upheld.(Jennings v. University of North Carolina)
May 21, 2007... Byline: Reni Gertner Dolan Media Newswires The en banc 4th Circuit's recent decision that a university can be sued under Title IX for a sexually hostile environment allegedly created by a women's soccer coach may expand the bounds of...

Missouri Bar may increase dues and fees.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka Members of the Missouri bar may be asked to hand over at least $70 more in annual dues if a fee increase is approved by the bar and the state Supreme Court later this year. The increase, which would be effective...

Missouri Lawyers in the News: May 21, 2007.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Legal Services of Southern Missouri recently awarded attorney Sidney Pearson the Philip S. Huffman Memorial Award. The award recognizes the commitment of volunteer time to Legal Services of Southern...

Missouri House considers end to Judicial Conference.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck In a session full of tensions between the Legislature and the judiciary, it was unlikely that a massive bill full of judiciary-related items could pass through the Missouri House without comment. The House...

Missouri's first and only African-American Supreme Court Judge announces his retirement.(Ronnie L. White)
May 21, 2007... Byline: John DeMoor and Scott Lauck As the Missouri Bar wrangles over how to create diversity within its ranks, the state's first and only African-American Supreme Court judge announced his retirement, chipping away at the diverse makeup...

Missouri Bar's Board of Governors to study its own diversity.
May 21, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck Over the years, the Missouri Bar has tried a number of ways to include more minorities and women. Yet in its 63-year history, the Bar's Board of Governors has included only about 23 women and six African Americans....

Missouri law firm's CEO forced to leave firm.(Tom Stewart)
May 21, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole A controversy over workplace conduct may explain former chief executive Tom Stewart's resignation from the firm, Missouri Lawyers Weekly has learned. Stewart, who had been on a sabbatical, officially left the firm...

Eighth IP lawyer leaves Kansas City office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthals.(Brian Fields, intellectual property lawyer joins Lathrop and Gage)(Brief article)
May 28, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole Litigator Brian Fields recently exited Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Kansas City office, becoming the eighth intellectual property attorney to leave the firm in the past year. Fields joined his fellow former...

Gallop Johnson & Neuman adds general counsel position.(John Traeger)(Brief article)
May 28, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole Gallop Johnson & Neuman real estate and environmental attorney John Traeger is stepping into the newly created position of general counsel for the firm. Gallop Johnson always has had an attorney who dedicated time...

Larger Stinson Morrison, of Kansas City, adds 39 attorneys in merger.(Stinson Morrison Hecker merges with Blumenfeld, Kaplan and Sandweiss P.C.)
May 28, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole For the second time this year, a Kansas City law firm is growing by adding attorneys from a smaller St. Louis firm. Kansas City-based Stinson Morrison Hecker announced its upcoming merger with St. Louis firm...

Missouri Lawyer in the News: May 28, 2007.(Michael A. Williams named Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's Young Lawyer of the Year)(Harvey M. Tettlebaum, Fellow of American Health Lawyers Association)(Michael Anslinger joins Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P.)(Brief article)
May 28, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA) has named Lathrop & Gage's Michael A. Williams Young Lawyer of the Year. The award recognizes excellence in public service, professionalism and...

Three who fought city hall lose in 8th Circuit.(cases against government agencies)
May 28, 2007... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick Dolan Media Newswires It's hard to pursue retaliation claims against governmental bodies or their officials. The cases are clothed with a number of differences and immunities that constitute high hurdles for...

Commentary: Debate reveals rock' em, sock' em future of judicial politics.(Jeff Roe, political consultant, judicial elections)
May 28, 2007... Byline: John DeMoor Attention judges running for office! Billboard ads are a waste of space, signs on taxi cabs are unpredictable, while newspaper ads are seen by a repetitive audience and fail to reach local voters. The most-effective...

2007 Missouri legislative session sees some close calls for lawyers.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck As far as the legal and judicial communities were concerned, the 2007 legislative session was notable more for what didn't happen than what did. Numerous bills of concern for lawyers and judges failed to make the cut as...

Kansas City attorney says juries tend to be physician friendly.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Sylvia Hsieh When Michael C. Rader empanels jurors at the beginning of a medical malpractice trial and broaches the touchy subject of whether jurors think there are too many lawsuits against doctors, he is no longer surprised by...

Missouri lawmakers say uncertified court reporters can return to work.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck A bill that developed a symbiotic relationship with a critical piece of legal legislation is giving joy or heartburn to the state's court reporters, depending on which side of the certification process they fall. ...

Missouri Supreme Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. could get federal nod.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck and John DeMoor Missouri Supreme Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. is among the nominees being considered for an open seat in the federal court system. According to sources close to the judge, he is one of three...

Wealthy owners take eminent domain case to Missouri Supreme Court.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck A redevelopment case on a judicial fast track offered the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday its first chance to review eminent domain reforms passed by last year's Legislature. The case pits properties in one of...

Missouri public defender wins stay over client's objection.(Brief article)
May 28, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka In a nod to the limited resources and strapped staff attorneys of the Missouri Public Defender's Office, the state Supreme Court issued a permanent writ Tuesday on one of the office's death penalty cases. Public...

Gov. Blunt: Judicial philosophy 'paramount' for court appointee.(Matt Blunt)(Interview)(Brief article)
May 28, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck Gov. Matt Blunt said Thursday that if push comes to shove, he's more interested in appointing a Missouri Supreme Court judge with a conservative judicial philosophy than one who is a member of a minority. "Judicial...

Will 'health courts' replace med-mal juries?
May 28, 2007... Byline: Sylvia Hsieh A movement is under way to take med-mal cases out of the hands of juries altogether. Last year, federal legislation advocating the creation of "health courts" proposed doing just that. The Senate bill (S.1337,...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: May 28, 2007.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Failure To Appear - Escape Rule - Robbery Where a defendant in a robbery case failed to appear for the third day of his trial and was not apprehended for four months, a four-month...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: May 28, 2007.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Second Civil Suit - Statute Of Limitations - Split Cause Of Action Where property buyers sued the sellers and a bank alleging fraudulent misrepresentation, conspiracy and...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: May 28, 2007.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Appellate Practice Ripeness - Inmate Suit Where an inmate brought a negligence action against the prison for a slip-and-fall injury and the trial court granted the defendant's motion to...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: May 28, 2007.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Continuance - Refusal To Allow - Defendant's Consent Even though a defendant in a death penalty case objected to a delay in his trial and demanded to be tried within 180 days...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: May 28, 2007.
May 28, 2007... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Jurisdiction - Rooker- Feldman - Lower Court Judgment Where a defendant in a corporate breach of contract case moved to set aside a state judgment against it for lack of service...

Defendants prevail in 'toxic mold' case in St. Louis City Circuit Court.(Case overview)
May 28, 2007... Byline: Anne C. Vitale Defendants' verdict Two employees who claimed injuries from workplace exposure to "toxic mold" demanded $4.4 million in damages from a St. Louis City jury. But after deliberating for 45 minutes, the jury returned...