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Ortega named to city’s judicial commission A former high-ranking police official is joining the Municipal Judicial Nominating Commission. Mayor Mark Funkhouser appointed Vince Ortega to the commission on Thursday. He replaces Nelsie Sweeney, a Kay Barnes appointee whose term expired ...

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A Jackson County jury will begin hearing weeks of evidence today in a highly complex fraud case where the plaintiff is seeking to recover tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars in damages. Pier to Pier wants approximately $60 ...

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The family of a man who died in police custody three years ago is suing the Kansas City Police Department for his death. Karl Marshall, 32, was pronounced dead on Jan. 28, 2006, nearly two hours after he was booked ...

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Former U.S. Rep. and Republican candidate for governor Kenny Hulshof will join the soon-to-be-merged Polsinelli Shughart firm on Sunday, the firm said late Tuesday. Hulshof, who had represented Missouri’s 9th Congressional District since 1997, will be a shareholder in the ...

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A doctor accused of not removing a staple that prevented the flow of urine from a woman’s kidney was ordered to pay more than $530,000 by a Jackson County jury. The verdict, returned Monday afternoon, was awarded to the husband ...

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Former U.S. Representative and Republican candidate for governor Kenny Hulshof will join the newly merged Polsinelli Shughart firm on Feb. 1, the firm said late Tuesday. Hulshof, who had represented Missouri’s 9th Congressional District since 1997, will be a shareholder ...

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Class claims medical equipment was not properly cleaned An Independence hospital failed to disinfect tools used in endoscopic procedures, a new class action lawsuit claimed. The lawsuit, filed earlier this month, seeks a maximum of $5 million in damages from ...

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A small but wrongly applied credit card fee dinged a man’s credit score so badly that it cost him tens of thousands of dollars when he bought a house. Now the bank that stubbornly refused to waive the fee has ...

Attorney General Chris Koster recruited two long-time litigators to take top positions in his office. St. Louis attorney Joel Poole will serve as chief counsel of the litigation division, and Jack McManus, a member of the office since 2007, will ...

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The Kansas City Police Board of Commissioners says the decision to fire a police officer ultimately rests with its members. But an officer terminated by the commissioners for alleged use of excessive force contends he should be reinstated and that ...

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A historic Kansas City hotel is blaming a local construction company for "graphic markings" that have appeared in a number of rooms over the past several years. Since the Hotel Phillips opened in 2001, according to a recent lawsuit, drawings of male genitalia and a nude female are among the various scribbles that have bled through vinyl wall coverings throughout the downtown hotel.

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