Recently added articles from Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press:
Missouri Supreme Court upholds officer's firing for excessive force
Mar 18, 2009; ... The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners had the authorityto fire a police officer who beat and spit on a drunken driver whowas already subdued, a unanimous Missouri Supreme Court saidTuesday. The officer, Timothy Coffer, has been on unpaid leave during thecourse of this ...
IRS ramping up collection efforts
Mar 19, 2009; ... The current tax season is tougher than most for Americans. Withunemployment and home foreclosures at record highs, more can'tafford to pay -- and won't pay -- their taxes. This could prove to be a problem as local tax attorneys arereporting that in the past few years, the Internal ...
Jackson County jury finds for defense after 8-week trial
Mar 19, 2009; ... Eight weeks of trying to convince a jury that one of thecountry's largest banks wiped out a start-up credit card processingcompany came to nothing on Wednesday. Following a complex trial that began in late January, the JacksonCounty jury returned a defense verdict for U.S. Bank and ...
Symposium to explore civil rights legal history in St. Louis area
Mar 19, 2009; ... Starting with the infamous Dred Scott decision in 1857, a largenumber of significant civil rights cases have arisen out of St.Louis. To draw attention to those decisions, the St. Louis CountyHistorical Society is hosting a symposium on March 25 highlightingsome of the landmark ...
Missouri appeals court affirms $1M verdict in defamation case
Mar 19, 2009; ... A Missouri appeals court upheld a $1 million verdict againstAllstate Indemnity Co. in a lawsuit claiming the insurer defamed ahomeowner in a denial letter. The insured, John Johnson, owned the Salem, Mo., home for aboutthree years when it was destroyed in a fire in July 2002 ....