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A company that failed to get workers’ compensation insurance had to pay a minimum penalty of $25,000, the Missouri Court of Appeals’ Eastern District has ruled in a case of first impression. The company argued that under the comp statute ...

Lawyers who interview young children in preparing a case must take certain steps to ensure that the information they get is reliable, experts say. For while many children have good memories, the way they perceive and express “facts” is often ...

The Jackson County Circuit Court has announced the adoption of three revised rules. Old Rule 4.8 authorized fax transmission of petitions and pleadings; the new rule allows electronic transmission as well. New Rule 5.1 makes minor changes to the schedule ...

A long and often bitter battle over termite infestation was recently settled when a condominium association agreed to pay for termite removal in a resident’s condo in Kansas City. Beatrice Hills sued the Greenfield Village Homes Association after it refused ...

So. District ‘Disagrees’ With Eastern District

Court Slams Testimony On Cancer, ‘Chemically Induced AIDS’ Last week’s ruling in Elam, et al v. Alcolac Inc. will likely inhibit plaintiffs’ testimony on “chemically induced AIDS” and on the increased risk of cancer in future toxic tort cases, an ...

Employee Got Cashier’s Checks For Co. Checks

Where a plaintiff’s lawyer in a dental malpractice case got credit reports on the dentist and his two daughters — to see if he was judgment proof or was transferring assets to the daughters — they could sue the lawyer ...

Two recent opinions from the Chief Disciplinary Counsel that restrict lawyers’ use of e-mail when communicating with clients fail to face the reality of modern legal practice, experts say. In an opinion issued in February, the CDC said an attorney ...

Even though down-stream buyers of real property were unaware that the original owner had borrowed against it and subjected it to a deed of trust, the noteholder who foreclosed on the property did not have to give the buyers information ...

Jennifer Gille Bacon of Shughart, Thompson & Kilroy in Kansas City, incoming president of the Missouri Bar, is not one for small tasks. Her goal as president is to change widespread negative attitudes about lawyers. In a recent interview with ...