BankLiberty of Independence won a $9.9 million judgment in Jackson County Circuit Court from developers who failed to pay back a series of loans intended to be used to build a mixed-use development in St. Joseph.

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Draper v. City of Festus (MLW No. 67625/Case No. 14-1127 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

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The City Council of Kansas City approved a $1.75 million settlement for alleged damage to a cargo company’s concrete pad, but the company may have lost its opportunity to renew its lease in the process.

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Braughton v. Esurance Insurance Company (MLW No. 67556/Case No. WD77686 – 27 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

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A $15 million settlement resolved a portion of an ongoing lawsuit over the obligations of a Kansas City-area not-for-profit health system that became private in 2003.

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IPSCO Tubulars, Inc. v. Ajax TOCCO Magnathermic Corporation (MLW No.67499/Case No. 13-3354 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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Metropolitan National Bank v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (MLW No. 67465/Case No. SD33161 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis Jr., J.)

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H&R Block last year won a total of nearly $1.9 million in a dispute with a now-jailed former franchisee but continued to worry about whether its client records would be used by competitors in Puerto Rico.

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The city of Kansas City agreed in November to a $6 million settlement over the failed development of 80 blighted acres.

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An eastern Missouri rental property owner’s two-year dispute with her insurer over a damaged roof ended with a federal jury in St. Louis siding with the defense.

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Ibson v. United Healthcare Services, Inc. (MLW No. 67264/Case No. 13-3153 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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