The Jackson County Circuit Court has elevated Deputy Probate Commissioner Jerri J. Zhang to the role of probate commissioner. Zhang will serve a four-year term. She succeeds Scott Manuel, who stepped down from the bench in February to join Kirkland ...

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The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission will interview 12 applicants on Feb. 25 for an expected vacancy on the Jackson County Circuit Court. Judge George E. Wolf announced he will leave the bench in March. Seven women and five are men ...

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After slightly more than two years on the bench, Jackson County Circuit Judge George E. Wolf III has announced his plans to retire in March. Wolf sent a letter to Gov. Mike Parson on Dec. 16 announcing his plans to ...

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A Jackson County judge has ordered an Uber driver to pay $8.2 million to a woman who sued him for sexually assaulting her in 2017. According to court records, in December 2018, Judge Charles McKenzie entered a judgment on the ...

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The Jackson County Circuit Court has reinstated — on a temporary basis  — the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s security pass program. At the court’s monthly meeting Dec. 12, Presiding Judge David M. Byrn said attorneys may start to use ...

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A Jackson County jury awarded slightly more than $1 million in damages to a Kansas City woman who alleged she suffered a botched tubal ligation. Kathleen M. Hagen of Watson & Dameron, who represented plaintiff Maria Ordinola Velasquez, said she ...

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The Court of Appeals Western District has split from one of its sister districts on how deeply an appeals court should delve into the record that supports a motion for summary judgment. In 2017, Fidelity Real Estate Company sued Joyce ...

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A Jackson County circuit judge nearly slashed in half a $6.03 million verdict for a Kansas City company that makes and sells custom awards and promotional materials. In an Oct. 29 order, Judge John M. Torrence ruled that a punitive ...

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A group of displaced Jackson County Circuit Court employees could return to the downtown courthouse as early as next month, according to Presiding Judge David M. Byrn. At the court’s Oct. 18 court en banc meeting, Byrn said work is ...

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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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Gov. Mike Parson appointed judges to positions in Jackson and St. Charles counties. Corey L. Atkins, currently an associate circuit judge, was chosen to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Jackson County Circuit Judge Jack R. Grate. Atkins, ...

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