The Kansas City Council has approved a $100,000 settlement in the wrongful-death case of a 14-year-old who was beaten and fatally shot at a South Kansas City water park in 2015. The suit stemmed from the death of Alexis Kane, ...

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The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission will meet Jan. 9 to publicly interview 12 applicants for an associate circuit judgeship in Jackson County. If necessary, interviews will continue on Jan. 23. The vacancy was created by the Nov. 1 retirement of ...

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A case stemming from the death of a 7-year-old Kansas boy is heading to the Missouri Supreme Court on questions of jurisdiction and the duty owed by child-welfare agencies to individuals. On Dec. 4, the Missouri Supreme Court blocked a ...

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A Jackson County judge on Tuesday awarded $525,449 in front pay to a woman who alleged in a lawsuit that Centene Corp. and AcariaHealth Pharmacy Inc. fired her for refusing to unlawfully submit Medicaid services for reimbursement, bringing her total award to $2.1 million.

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A Jackson County jury has awarded $350,000 to a former Kansas City Public Schools teacher in her lawsuit against the district on her hostile-work-environment claim. On Oct. 11, following a nearly two-week trial, the jury found the district was liable ...

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A judge has denied the Jackson County district defender’s request that a new judge hear her office’s concerns about public-defender caseloads.

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Jackson County Presiding Judge John Torrence has asked another judge to consider the Jackson County District Defender’s motion to disqualify Torrence from presiding over her case seeking relief for attorney caseloads.

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Jackson County’s district defender is asking for a new judge to hear her concerns about attorney caseloads following Presiding Judge John Torrence’s recent comments in a Kansas City Star interview in which he questioned the work ethic of young lawyers in her office.

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Two long-serving judges whose service on the bench adds up to nearly 60 years combined have announced plans to retire. Jackson County Associate Circuit Judge Robert L. Trout’s retirement will be effective Nov. 1, while Clay County Circuit Judge Larry ...

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A Jackson County jury on Sept. 26 awarded a $28.8 million verdict to a former Kansas City-area doctor who brought a whistleblower suit against an emergency-room staffing company alleging its policies undermined patient safety.

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A simmering dispute between the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office and the city’s police force now has landed before the Missouri Supreme Court.

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