A raft of new rules on setting bond for criminal defendants took effect on July 1, with additional revisions scheduled for Jan. 1, 2020. In the July 8 issue of Missouri Lawyers Weekly, we incorrectly reported the nature and timing ...
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District ruled June 20 that a former employee of a Solo Cup plant was not time-barred from receiving benefits from the Second Injury Fund for claims of hearing loss and tinnitus. The opinion, written ...
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New rules on setting bond for criminal defendants go into effect statewide on July 1 — and some last-minute tweaks by the Missouri Supreme Court appear to have obviated logistical problems that could have arisen. The most prominent aspect of ...
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Sometime this year, if all goes as planned, North Kansas City will see the birth of “The Iron District” — a cluster of shipping-containers-turned storefronts. Shoppers will be able to sample cuisines and browse the wares of various vendors — ...
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Suppose an Uber or Lyft driver causes an accident. Who is liable? The question is simple. The answer is not, according to Tim Monsees and Phillip Reed Martens of Monsees & Mayer, a personal injury firm based in Kansas City. ...
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In a case of first impression, the Court of Appeals Western District ruled June 18 that a two-year-old statutory revision does not block expert witnesses from testifying about a DWI suspect’s intoxication. Under that revision, made by the legislature in ...
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Suppose you’re walking in the middle of the street. A police vehicle abruptly pulls right in front of you at an angle, blocking your path. Is that a seizure, under the Fourth Amendment? No, a majority of the full 8th ...
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A recent 30-page indictment issued by a special grand jury contains allegations that could imperil the political future of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner. On June 14, the special grand jurors indicted her former investigator, William Don Tisaby of ...
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The rules for medical marijuana are in, and so is the verdict among cannabis-law attorneys contacted by Missouri Lawyers Media: The Department of Health and Senior Services has done solid work — and sprinkled in some surprises. On May 24, ...
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Michael Downey has a whole practice area he calls “law-firm departures.” “Every time it happens, somebody comes up with a new, creative and often incredibly stupid thing to do when they change firms,” said Downey, a legal ethics lawyer who ...
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The Court of Appeals Western District has upheld the workers’ compensation benefits granted to the widow of a firefighter in a Kansas City suburb who died of cancer. David Cheney was a 27-year veteran of Gladstone’s fire department when, in ...
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