A Jackson County jury awarded $75,000 to a Wentzville woman who broke her kneecap after slipping and falling at a suburban Kansas City bar and restaurant in November 2015. Michelle Schaefer, 47, sued the Kellan Restaurant Management Group in October ...
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Progressive prosecutors are a rare species in Missouri, according to Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker.
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A Jackson County judge has approved the release of the jailed daughter of a man accused of killing a Kansas City attorney — but with a stern warning about how both are required to cooperate with a general receiver in ...
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The Missouri Supreme Court overturned a $2.3 million verdict against a Kansas City-area surgical center, citing a lack of proof that the facility was negligent in providing credentials to the surgeon who operated on the plaintiff.
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Read More »Former Jackson County Circuit Judge and Jackson County Counselor W. Stephen Nixon has returned to private practice with the opening of his new mediation and dispute-resolution firm. Stephen Nixon Dispute Resolution Services started accepting clients in January, Nixon said. His ...
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Read More »The Court of Appeals Western District affirmed a hefty jury verdict in favor of a black Kansas City firefighter who was passed over for promotion. A Jackson County jury awarded Tarshish Jones $356,700 in 2017 in his lawsuit against the ...
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A Jackson County judge has ordered the City of Raytown to pay more than $42,000 after ruling the city violated the Sunshine Law by denying the release of records in an attempt to shield itself from litigation. On Feb. 7, ...
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Read More »A Missouri police chief is on administrative leave amid allegations that he used excessive force against a father accused of trying to drown his 6-month-old daughter in a pond. FBI investigators visited the baby’s father, Jonathon Stephen Zicarelli, on Friday ...
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Read More »A Missouri police chief is on administrative leave amid allegations that he used excessive force against a father accused of trying to drown his 6-month-old daughter in a pond. FBI investigators visited the baby’s father, Jonathon Stephen Zicarelli, on Friday ...
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Read More »The flooded county courthouse in downtown Kansas City won’t reopen on Monday after all. The Jackson County Courthouse has been closed since Thursday because 10 feet (about 3 meters) of floodwaters filled the basement. The water knocked out power and ...
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Read More »The flooded county courthouse in downtown Kansas City won’t reopen on Monday after all. The Jackson County Courthouse has been closed since Thursday because 10 feet (about 3 meters) of floodwaters filled the basement. The water knocked out power and ...
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