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 ...

Tagged with: BNSF Railway Co. Cass County Circuit Court Federal Employers' Liability Act Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Stephen C. Wynn

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 ...

Tagged with: Appellate Judicial Commission Judge Victor Howard Missouri Court of Appeals Western District

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 ...

Tagged with: bar brawl case Facebook connections Missouri Court of Appeals Western District

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 ...

Tagged with: Fidelity Real Estate Company Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Cory L. Atkins Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeals Western District

A Missouri appeals court has upheld a $42,550 judgment against the city of Raytown for violating the Sunshine Law. On Nov. 12, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled in favor of Paula Wyrick, a ...

Tagged with: Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Paula Wyrick Raytown Sunshine Law

A Missouri appeals court has overturned a ruling denying the release of records relating to the 1994 shooting death of a Missouri State Highway Patrolman, finding that federal law does not preempt the Missouri Sunshine Law in the case. A ...

Tagged with: Cpl. Bob Harper Freedom of Information Act Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Missouri State Highway Patrol Missouri Sunshine Law

The city of Raytown is seeking to reverse a $42,550 judgment against it for violating Missouri’s Sunshine Law, arguing it did not wrongly deny a records request because the requestor had previously notified the city of a claim. In oral ...

Tagged with: Judge S. Margene Burnett Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Missouri Sunshine Law Raytown

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has shot down a lawsuit with a starring role in a St. Louis attorney’s bid for attorney general. In an Oct. 22 opinion, the appeals court agreed with a Cole County Circuit Judge ...

Tagged with: A New Missouri Inc. dark money Elad Gross Missouri Court of Appeals Western District

Judge Victor Howard is retiring from the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District for a new career as a mediator. Jay Daugherty Mediation & Arbitration in Kansas City announced that Howard will join the firm shortly after his Nov. 1 ...

Tagged with: Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Victor Howard

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has affirmed a $113.7 million verdict for Missouri corrections officers who said they were denied compensation for pre- and post-shift duties. A Cole County jury issued the award to a class of about ...

Tagged with: compensation claims corrections officers Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Missouri Department of Corrections

Ordinarily, disputes regarding arbitration agreements come down to legal issues to be resolved by courts — or, as is frequently the case, by the arbitrators themselves. But a case argued before the Missouri Supreme Court on Oct. 2 presents the ...

Tagged with: James M. Paul Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Missouri Supreme Court Nina Theroff Ogletree Deakins