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Feb 12, 2020

Kansas City lawyers lose trolley-track appeal

Two married lawyers in Kansas City have lost their appeal in a lawsuit accusing them of encroaching onto publicly owned land by building a fence beyond the bounds of their property near a popular recreational trail. In a Feb. 4 ruling, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District affirmed a lower-court […]

Feb 5, 2020

13 seek seat on Court of Appeals Western District

The Appellate Judicial Commission will interview 13 applicants on Feb. 13 for the vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District created by the recent retirement of Judge Vic Howard. The commission said the list comprises five women and eight men. There are three minority applicants. Nine are from outside the Kansas City metropolitan […]

Feb 5, 2020

Court amends ballot language for voting measure

A Missouri appeals court has partially reversed a ruling approving ballot language in an initiative petition effort aimed at making it easier to vote. In a Jan. 29 opinion, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District largely upheld the ballot summaries prepared by the Missouri Secretary of State, but found two […]

Jan 27, 2020

Missouri Supreme Court issues more opinions — and faster — in 2019

The Missouri Supreme Court ended 2019 a bit more productive, slightly less divided and a little quicker than in the previous year. The court issued 33 written opinions in the latter half of 2019, bringing the year’s total to 75. That’s a dozen more than the prior year, when the court issued a historically low […]

Jan 14, 2020

Court upholds $1.1M contested-will verdict

The Missouri Court of Appeals has affirmed a $1.1 million verdict in a contested-will case from Clay County. On Dec. 31, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District unanimously affirmed the verdict for plaintiffs Randy Netherton, Michael Netherton and Sheryl Perry. The three are the children of Osta Ann Netherton, who […]

Jan 6, 2020

Court reverses costs against ex-Burberry store employee

A 2017 amendment to the Missouri Human Rights Act that widened the ability of prevailing parties to seek costs and attorneys’ fees does not apply retrospectively, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has ruled. On Dec. 24, a three-judge panel unanimously ruled to reverse costs taxed against Mona Brummett, a former employee at the […]

Dec 18, 2019

Court to hear appeal in Missouri open records dispute

An open records dispute over whether the state can charge fees for the time officials spend redacting documents is headed to an appellate court. At issue is a lawsuit filed by St. Louis attorney Elad Gross against Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s administration challenging a $3,618 bill he received last year to process an open records […]

Dec 18, 2019

Court to hear appeal in Missouri open records dispute

An open records dispute over whether the state can charge fees for the time officials spend redacting documents is headed to an appellate court. At issue is a lawsuit filed by St. Louis attorney Elad Gross against Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s administration challenging a $3,618 bill he received last year to process an open records […]

Dec 16, 2019

Text-look case: No privacy for messages sent to third parties, appeals court rules

A Missouri appeals court has ruled for the first time that a person does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when it comes to text messages the person sent to third parties. On Dec. 10, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District affirmed the conviction of Ramon D. Boyd for […]

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Dec 6, 2019

Appeals court affirms $3.5M verdict against BNSF

A Missouri appeals court has affirmed a $3.5 million verdict for a railroad conductor who was injured in a 2013 train collision in Kansas. On Nov. 26, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled in favor of Stephen C. Wynn in his case against BNSF Railway Co. Wynn sued BNSF […]

Dec 3, 2019

Applicants sought to succeed Victor Howard on Western District bench

The Appellate Judicial Commission will meet Feb. 13 to select finalists for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Applications will be accepted until Jan. 10 to succeed Judge Victor Howard, who stepped down in November to become a mediator. The commission will conduct public interviews with applicants at the Western District […]

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Nov 14, 2019

Court: Counsel failed to ask about jurors’ Facebook friends

Jurors did not fail to fully disclose their Facebook friendships with the parties of a Linn County bar-brawl case that resulted in a $100,000 verdict, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled Oct. 29. Instead, the court ruled that the plaintiffs’ attorneys failed to fully question jurors about their Facebook connections. The court affirmed […]

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