Recently added articles from St. Charles County Business Record:
Economist offers locals some hope, some fears
Oct 11, 2008; Mike Trask ... Some 250 area business people gathered in Chesterfield Thursdayhoping to get some answers about where the nation's economy isheaded. What they heard from nationally known economist Joel Prakkenwas some very cautious optimism and a "really scary" scenario thatmay occur. Prakken ...
Pediatrician's life includes heartbreak, rewards
Oct 11, 2008; Wm Stage ... If Dr. Doug Barton relates to his young patients it's becausehe's a big kid at heart. After all, how many other physicians woulddescribe their exam rooms as a "fun place"? A board-certifiedpediatrician with SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group in Lake St.Louis, Doctor Doug has 16 years' ...
Missouri gubernatorial candidates split on litigation, business climate
Oct 10, 2008; Scott Lauck ... Missouri gubernatorial candidates Kenny Hulshof and Jay Nixonsquared off Thursday over climate change. Not the kind that meltsice caps, but the type that helps or hurts businesses, depending onwhom you ask. Hulshof, a Republican congressman, said one of his goals was tokeep the ...
Suit filed in St. Louis County claims doctor on probation performed unnecessary surgery
Oct 10, 2008; Angela Riley ... A second lawsuit has been filed against a doctor with a historyof drug and alcohol abuse. In the lawsuit against Dr. Michael Impey, Des Peres Hospital andDes Peres Medical Specialists, plaintiffs George and Deborah Chaklosallege that an unnecessary series of colonoscopies ...
Southwest Airlines sued for detaining St. Louis woman
Oct 10, 2008; Donna Walter ... A St. Louis woman says she was hospitalized and sedated againsther will after Southwest Airlines officials told Las Vegas policethe woman was suicidal when she only having a panic attack. The woman, Joung Hwa Levy, who goes by "Kim," sued the airlinesWednesday in the St. Louis ...
Missouri Supreme Court rules BJC cases may clarify liability for 'integrated' systems
Oct 09, 2008; Angela Riley ... The Missouri Supreme Court may make it easier for plaintiffs tosue parent corporations for conduct of their subsidiaries. Three cases, all involving the same issues, were heard before thecourt Tuesday concerning the venue in a medical malpractice case. In May 2004, Dr. James ...
Kansas City activist Alvin Sykes: A mission to perform
Oct 09, 2008; Scott Lauck ... Emmett Till's violent death more than half a century agocontinues to reverberate in the law. On Tuesday, President George W. Bush signed the Emmett TillUnsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, which provides money for federalauthorities to reopen cold civil-rights-era criminal cases ....
U.S. Supreme Court lets stand ruling allowing inmate abortions
Oct 09, 2008; Kelly Wiese ... The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to consider the state ofMissouri's appeal over its policy to deny transportation for inmatesseeking an abortion. The state changed its policy in fall of 2005 and began refusingto transport incarcerated women to clinics for an abortion unless ...
8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds $21M verdict
Oct 09, 2008; Donna Walter ... The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a $21 millionverdict against a St. Louis-based carbon-fiber manufacturer in abreach-of-contract lawsuit. A federal jury in St. Louis awarded Structural Polymer Group andStructural Polymer Systems, which are British corporations, ...
16th Circuit mourns 'great loss' of Judge Kelly Moorhouse
Oct 09, 2008; Charles Emerick ... Judge Kelly Moorhouse, a member of the Jackson County Circuitbench for more than eight years, died Tuesday night following aprivate fight with cancer. She was 49. Judge Ann Mesle was Moorhouse's "suitemate" on the west side ofthe courthouse's sixth floor, where their offices were ...
Lethal injection challenge in Missouri may rest on definitions: Rule or policy?
Oct 08, 2008; Donna Walter ... Lawyers representing death-row inmate John C. Middleton and 16others sentenced to death asked the Missouri Supreme Court onTuesday to require the state Department of Corrections to submit itslethal injection policy to public comment. Middleton, the lead plaintiff, was scheduled to ...
Undertaker doctrine tested in St. Louis
Oct 08, 2008; Angela Riley ... No law required St. Louis to install automatic externaldefibrillators throughout Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.But once it did, does the law make the city liable if the AEDsaren't used or aren't used correctly? The so-called undertaker doctrine is at the center of a ...
8th Circuit affirms $20.7M award over stock price
Oct 08, 2008; Donna Walter ... A federal appeals court affirmed a $20.7 million arbitrationaward in favor of a former Enterprise Rent-A-Car executive. The dispute arose after the Crawford Group, Enterprise's parentcompany, announced its intention in 2004 to repurchase stock ownedby William F. Holekamp, who ...
Lawyer wins $100,000 in fees for campaign finance lawsuit in Missouri appellate court
Oct 08, 2008; Scott Lauck ... More than 14 months after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled on thestate's campaign finance laws, Chuck Hatfield is a step closer togetting paid for the case. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled Tuesday thata lower court was within its power to award the Stinson ...
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District reinstates judgment against Allstate
Oct 08, 2008; Charles Emerick ... The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ordered a trialcourt judge to reinstate a $100,000 default judgment againstAllstate Insurance Co. The court on Tuesday ruled Patricia Mathers was entitled to theaward because of Allstate's neglect and inattention. According to ...
Kansas City barber's family settles federal lawsuit with hairspray makers
Oct 07, 2008; Charles Emerick ... A federal lawsuit claiming a barber's death was the result of achemical found in hair products has nearly settled, according tocourt records. Loren Bates, of Raytown, had cut hair for about 50 years when hedied from liver cancer nearly five years ago. His family, which ...
ACLU wants federal court to declare new Missouri sex offender law unconstitutional
Oct 07, 2008; Donna Walter ... The American Civil Liberties Union wants a federal court todeclare unconstitutional a new Missouri law requiring registered sexoffenders to avoid "all Halloween-related contact with children." In addition, to avoiding contact with children, registered sexoffenders are required to ...
St. Charles County Business Record Biz Bites: October 6, 2008
Oct 06, 2008; Mike Trask ... As president and CEO of ShowMe Aquatics and Fitness, Lisa Drierdid a number of dog-and-pony shows about the not-for-profit'sproposal to partner with St. Charles City to build an aquaticsfacility that would not just service the disabled but also serve asa community recreation center. In ...
St. Charles County-based Miljonaire Development focuses business on ultra-luxury market
Oct 04, 2008; Sarah Wienke ... A St. Charles County-based developer and homebuilder has plans tocapitalize on the one market he says has been unscathed by theeconomic downturn: ultra-luxury homes. Mark Moebius, CEO of Miljonaire Development, held an exclusiveoutdoor event last weekend to debut its seven private ...
Rattled nerves: Financial advisers try to reassure investors in St. Charles area
Oct 04, 2008; Mike Trask; Sarah Wienke ... Financial advisers have been kept busy during the past couple ofweeks as their clients call seeking help in understanding what ishappening on Wall Street and in Washington. Karen Schneider, an investment adviser with Edward Jones in St.Charles, didn't wait for her clients to call ...