Courtside: New trial ordered in Suzuki $19M verdict

February 20, 2012 Comments Off on Courtside: New trial ordered in Suzuki $19M verdict

A judge has granted a new trial to defendant American Suzuki Motor Corp., months after a Jackson County jury returned a $19 million plaintiffs’ verdict.

Letter: Judge ruled stuffed deer can’t be hunted, killed

February 6, 2012 Comments Off on Letter: Judge ruled stuffed deer can’t be hunted, killed

In reading the delightful letter from Joplin attorney Cobb Young, “Remembering Judge Maus and the Case of the Missing Shoe” (Jan. 23 edition), it brings to my memory my late father, Homer D. Wampler Jr. (1918-1999), who related stories about Presiding Judge William Vandeventer of the Springfield Court of Appeals.

MoLawyers Media Twitter page has changed.

September 20, 2011 Comments Off on MoLawyers Media Twitter page has changed.

Please note that the NEW MLW Twitter address is http://twitter.com/#!/molawmedia. We apologize for the inconvenience. No more posts/tweets will appear here.

On Opinions: Intoxication could be proven without witness in dram shop case

September 19, 2011 Comments Off on On Opinions: Intoxication could be proven without witness in dram shop case

A dram-shop action against the owners of a Kansas City airport restaurant has been revived by a Missouri Court of Appeals’ holding that witness testimony was not essential to show the driver’s intoxication.