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Finalists picked for Jackson County prosecutor job

Thursday, April 28, 2011

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A county advisory committee has nominated Kevin D. Harrell, Jean Peters-Baker and Bryan Round as finalists for Jackson County prosecutor.

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Interim prosecutor named as Kanatzar sworn as judge

Thursday, April 28, 2011

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The attorney who led the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office before Jim Kanatzar took over will also lead it now that he’s gone.

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Get those $1 bills ready: Copy fee increase goes into effect tomorrow

Thursday, March 17, 2011

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An increase in copy fees goes into effect tomorrow at Jackson County Circuit Court. Copies of public records for the general public now cost 50 cents a page, but the new $1 fee starts Friday.

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Missouri courts absent from ‘judicial hellhole’ list

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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Missouri courts must have done something right this year. They weren’t on the annual list of “judicial hellholes” and were removed from the report’s “watch list.” The circuit courts in the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and Jackson County didn’t make the 2008 list, either, but were determined to be jurisdictions to watch [...]

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Daugherty elected chair of national ALS board

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Jackson County Circuit Judge Jay Daugherty has been elected chairman of The ALS Association’s National Board of Trustees. Daugherty lost his father to ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in 1974. “I am honored that The ALS Association’s National Board of Trustees has the confidence in my abilities to lead the largest ALS organization in the [...]

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Ceremony planned for KC’s Truman Courthouse

Friday, November 6, 2009

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Jackson County officials are set to show off recent renovations to the Truman Courthouse in Independence this weekend. The building, which no longer serves as a functioning courthouse, will stand as a centerpiece during a holiday lighting ceremony planned for 6 p.m. Saturday on the Independence Square. Lights will illuminate the historic building and the [...]

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Some courts told to reorganize staff

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Judges and circuit clerks are gearing up for the headaches they expect from a Missouri Supreme Court requirement that counties pick one official to oversee court clerks. Most of the state already operates that way. But there are 37 counties plus St. Louis City, from a total of 115 political subdivisions, that don’t have circuit court [...]

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Juror’s nondisclosure cancels defense verdict

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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A juror’s silence during voir dire will give a plaintiff another shot at winning a medical malpractice lawsuit in Jackson County. The Missouri Court of Appeals said this morning that the juror’s nondisclosure of previous lawsuits in which she was involved was assumed to be intentional and prejudicial. The court upheld a trial judge’s decision [...]

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Western District reinstates $17.3 million award

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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An appeals court has reinstated a $17.3 million jury verdict that a Jackson County trial judge had thrown out after trial. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District this morning said the class of about 314,000 plaintiffs had established that American Family Mutual Insurance Co. had breached its contract. The class action suit had claimed [...]

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Couple to get $110,000 for dog attack

Monday, April 27, 2009

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A couple will get $110,000 after they were attacked by a dog, a federal judge has ruled. Steve and Kristi McBee were mauled by a bull mastiff while they were walking on a rural Jackson County road near Buckner. Steve McBee held the dog at bay and eventually killed it with a knife borrowed from [...]

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