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Burglar alarms and illegal drugs don’t mix 
Here’s a cautionary note: If you keep large amounts of pot in your home, you might consider canceling the service designed to bring the authorities at a moment’s notice. A Missouri appellate court said in an opinion today that police have the right to enter a home without a warrant if they are responding to an [...]
Continue reading...Casino’s status unclear after ruling
2. March 2010
A court of appeals has reversed a Missouri Gaming Commission resolution that would not allow President Casino move or repair its boat, but it’s unclear what effect the decision would have on saving the casino’s gaming license. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said in its opinion today that there is confusion regarding what the [...]
Continue reading...Court upholds most of verdict in gamma knife dispute
2. March 2010
An appeals court has upheld most of a $1.9 million jury verdict in dispute over a neuroradiosurgery unit’s contract. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, sitting en banc, ruled 5-4 today that U.S. Neurosurgical was owed a minimum payment of $10,000 for each use of its gamma knife machine, which performs brain surgery without an [...]
Continue reading...Municipal judges aren’t city employees, court rules
9. February 2010
A state appeals court says the city of Kansas City was within its rights to reject an applicant for a municipal judgeship because she was white. The decision reverses a $2.1 million verdict against the city. Melissa Howard sued the Kansas City Council after it twice rejected her and two other white women for the municipal [...]
Continue reading...$5M verdict mostly upheld on appeal
2. February 2010
An appeals court has affirmed most of a nearly $5 million jury verdict that a Kansas City doctor won in 2008 against his former employer. Dr. William Topper, the director of the neonatal care unit at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, sued after he was fired in 2007. He had previously led the NICU at Research [...]
Continue reading...Witt appointed to Western District
29. January 2010
Judge Gary D. Witt has been appointed to fill the last open vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Witt, currently an associate judge in Platte County, was one of three candidates submitted to Gov. Jay Nixon in December. Also considered were Jackson County Circuit Judge Ann Mesle and Kansas City attorney John J. [...]
Continue reading...State rep’s suit against State Farm reinstated
12. January 2010
An appeals court has given a Missouri state representative another shot at his lawsuit against insurance company State Farm. Jeff Grisamore is suing State Farm for fraud and misrepresentation. He was injured when a driver insured by State Farm rear-ended him in 2003. Grisamore alleges that the insurance company and its agent, Randall Sisk, encouraged him [...]
Continue reading...Eminent domain ballot language changed again
5. January 2010
Missouri courts have once again rewritten a proposed ballot item that would alter Missouri’s constitutional provisions for eminent domain. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said this morning that most of the ballot summary and fiscal explanation, written by the secretary of state and state auditor offices, was sufficient. A Cole County judge had reached [...]
Continue reading...Judges say sovereign immunity needs a new look
22. December 2009
Two judges on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District say it might be time for the Missouri Supreme Court to reconsider the state’s doctrine of sovereign immunity. The appeals court today overturned a $68,000 jury verdict in favor of a former Columbia city employee who said he was harassed into taking a less desirable position. [...]
Continue reading...Appeals court considers eminent domain ballot issue
15. December 2009
An eminent domain activist today urged an appeals court to let his proposed ballot item go forward, even if the language isn’t perfect. Ron Calzone, of Missouri Citizens for Property Rights, said he must begin gathering signatures no later than January if he is to have any hope of getting the proposal on the ballot next [...]
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- Group pushing for judicial elections gets $175,000 in donations
- Former police officer sentenced for stealing
- 8th District’s chief judge stepping down
- Family sues trainer of dentist
- Federal judiciary seeks 6.8 percent budget increase
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- Judge orders railroad to pay up
- House approves more bankruptcy judges
- St. Louis judge assigned to Jetton assault case
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16. March 2010
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