A company whose driver had a seizure and killed the occupant of a vehicle stopped at a red light paid a settlement of nearly $5.9 million, according to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Johnny M. Simon of The Simon Law Firm said ...
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Read More »A woman injured in a collision in downtown Kansas City received $125,000 in payments from two insurers, according to her attorney. Laurie L. Del Percio of The Horn Law Firm said Diedre Twenter was a passenger in her husband’s 2004 ...
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The Missouri Supreme Court has never squarely said how innocence claims from inmates sentenced to life in prison should be resolved. But trial judges keep inching closer to an answer. On Aug. 14, a DeKalb County circuit judge found clear ...
Tagged with: DeKalb County Judge Daren L. Adkins Midwest Innocence Project Missouri Supreme Court Ricky Kidd
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The Court of Appeals Western District on Aug. 6 affirmed a $146,000 verdict in favor of a trust that was owed money, despite claims from the defendant that the trust had sought two mutually exclusive theories of recovery at trial. ...
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The Court of Appeals Western District ruled Aug. 6 that the Missouri Human Rights Commission was able to give a plaintiff the go-ahead for two claims arising from the same set of facts. In 2016, Charles Watkins filed a claim ...
Tagged with: Charles Watkins Clarkson Construction Cole County Circuit Court Human Rights Commission Judge Lisa White Hardwick Judge Mark D. Pfeiffer Judge Thomas H. Newton
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On the surface, there’s not much in common between the 2008 Christian song “Joyful Noise” and Katy Perry’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse.” The former raps about the resurrection of Christ; the latter asks her lover “So you wanna play with ...
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Thompson Coburn has launched a technology innovation designed to handle headaches for banks as easily as state court systems will allow. Banks, particularly large retail and commercial operations, face a barrage of legal filings each month. When a party wins ...
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A $40,000 dispute between two contractors is headed to the Missouri Supreme Court after the full Court of Appeals Southern District split on whether a recently revised court rule allowed it to review one of the appellant’s arguments. The procedural ...
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A woman who has gotten a different answer at every level of review in her attempt to get unemployment benefits notched a win in the Missouri Court of Appeals. According to the July 30 opinion from the Western District, Katherine ...
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Spencer Fane announced a combination with Houston-based firm Zimmerman, Axelrad, Stern & Wise effective Aug. 1. The move gives the Kansas City-based law firm its third office in Texas and 19 new attorneys. Spencer Fane opened offices in Dallas and ...
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