Tag Archive | "Missouri Court of Appeals Western District"
High court won’t review Helmig’s release
The Missouri Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a judge’s order that freed a man after nearly 15 years in prison.
Continue reading...Award for blind Missourians reduced on appeal
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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An $18.8 million award to blind Missourians will be drastically reduced, following the case’s second trip to an appeals court.
Continue reading...Typo in policy is no help on appeal
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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A mistyped “A” in an insurance policy turned out to be less of a scarlet letter than an attorney had hoped. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District this morning affirmed a $25,000 summary judgment in a wrongful death case.
Continue reading...Court affirms hog farm verdict
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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An appeals court upheld an $11 million verdict for 15 plaintiffs who said their quality of life was ruined by a nearby hog farm.
Continue reading...UPDATE: Appeals court rules to keep prospective council candidate off ballot
Monday, March 7, 2011
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District upheld a trial judge’s ruling booting Michael Fletcher from the ballot for a City Council seat in Kansas City.
Continue reading...Court affirms ruling in baseball player’s favor
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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An appeals court agreed today that a settlement never took place between a former Kansas City Royals baseball player and a woman who sued him.
Continue reading...Appeals court says ALJs can be fired
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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An appeals court says the Legislature has the power to remove administrative law judges by not appropriating money for their positions.
Continue reading...Court OKs KCP&L takeover of Aquila
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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A state appeals court has upheld Kansas City Power & Light’s 2008 acquisition of fellow utility company Aquila. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said it was OK that only two of the five members of the Public Service Commission voted to allow KCP&L’s holding company, Great Plains Energy Inc., to take over Aquila [...]
Continue reading...Teens’ cell bills excluded from child support
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Teenagers might be more willing to part with a limb than their cellphones, but that doesn’t mean the monthly bill qualifies as an “extraordinary expense.” An appeals court today reduced a Cass County man’s monthly child support payment because it included money specifically to cover part of his children’s cellphone bills. The form used to [...]
Continue reading...Western District has first all-female panel of judges
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Today’s arguments at the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District weren’t much different from any others – except that all three judges were, for the first time, women. Judges Lisa White Hardwick, Karen King Mitchell and Cynthia L. Martin comprised the panel, which heard six cases this morning in Kansas City. Although the 11-member Western [...]
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- Supreme Court lets stand $21M in attorneys’ fees
- High court tosses part of two-month-old opinion
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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