A Jackson County judge has amended an earlier judgment which previously awarded a prevailing defendant only $60 of the more than $13,000 in costs the defendant sought after a trial. Judge Charles H. McKenzie on Dec. 20 filed an amended ...

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A black St. Louis police captain who claimed he was made a scapegoat to cover up misconduct by a group of white officers settled a suit against the city for more than $1.1 million. Former Chief Sam Dotson fired Ryan ...

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A Jackson County judge has awarded $60 of the more than $13,000 in costs the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph sought after prevailing in a case brought against it under an obscure state law. On Nov. 21, Judge Charles ...

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A Jackson County jury awarded nearly $420,000 to a 40-year-old former Costco manager who sued the retailer after a 2017 dismissal that he called retaliatory. Kevin Hines of Grandview, a 16-year Costco employee, also sued two assistant managers and a ...

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A highly unusual employment-discrimination case in Jackson County ended Sept. 18 in favor of the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Michelle Bolen sued the diocese in 2016 after she was terminated from St. Therese Catholic School. Bolen worked at ...

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