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From time to time I have shared with you my thoughts on the methods of getting the most speed and accuracy out of your computer. I think it would be helpful to draw all of these together. My present computer ...

Where the debtor in a bankruptcy case subpoenaed a state-employed doctor to testify about his earlier examination of the debtor in an unrelated case, the doctor’s motion to quash the subpoena was denied despite the State of Missouri’s internal policy ...

Even though the facility which operates the Missouri FAIR plan did not send policyholders a notice of nonrenewal of their hazard insurance policies before the end of the one-year policy term, the FAIR plan was not liable for fire losses ...

An electric supply company that sold non-defective parts for use in a lakeside tram operation can not be held liable for failing to design and include an independent safety mechanism, the Missouri Court of Appeals’ Southern District has ruled in ...

Where a woman sued a prepaid legal plan company and claimed her attorney’s secretary disclosed confidential information to her husband during the divorce proceeding, the trial court should not have dismissed her petition against the company without first giving her ...

Where a man went into business for himself with his wife’s consent, after losing his $100,000-a-year job, and his earnings plummeted to $26,000, the trial court at his subsequent divorce should not have imputed income to the man in determining ...

Mandatory CLE should be abolished. The courts should be automated. And the Missouri Bar should not spend $22,500 on a study of statewide court automation, but should spend $65,000 to survey attorneys regarding the qualifications of judges standing for retention. ...

Major revisions to the Probate Code and the Nonprobate Transfers Law will be on the table this week when the Probate and Trust Committee of the Missouri Bar holds its spring meeting at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. ...

Civil Practice Court OK’s Comparative Fault Jury Instruction How do you instruct a jury on comparative fault when there are not only two defendants but two theories of liability? The Missouri Supreme Court answered that question April 26 when it ...

Measures supported by The Missouri Bar to provide for court automation and to re-write the Not For Profit Corporation Law are among the bills moving through the 1994 General Assembly toward passage. As of April 15, the Senate had approved ...

A defendant who was arrested for possession of drugs after his use of a cordless telephone to arrange a drug buy was overheard by a neighbor listening to a police scanner was not protected by the Missouri Wiretapping Act, according ...