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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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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Trial has been reset for a Raytown man accused of killing a Kansas City attorney in October 2017. David Jungerman’s trial initially was set to begin Sept. 3 in Jackson County Circuit Court. On Aug. 23, however, Judge John Torrence ...

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The University of Missouri has agreed to pay $360,000 to settle two lawsuits brought by a University of Missouri-Kansas City professor who alleged that he was retaliated against for reporting the abusive behavior of his colleague, Ashim Mitra. According to ...

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The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District is not liable for damages in a series of claims stemming from the termination of a former administrative assistant, a Jackson County jury determined May 31. The jury returned the verdict following a two-week ...

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The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission will meet Aug. 8-9 to select finalists to succeed Jackson County Circuit Judge Jack R. Grate. Grate, who is retiring effective Oct. 1, was appointed to the court in 2004 by Gov. Bob Holden. A ...

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The parents of a slain Kansas City man are suing the manufacturer of the weapon used in the shooting and the dealer accused of selling it to a former fire captain who is charged in federal court with knowingly supplying ...

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