Recently added articles from St. Charles County Business Record:
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 ....
Symposium to examine St. Louis-area civil rights cases
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 ...
IRS ramping up collection efforts, tax attorneys say
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 ...
Missouri Department of Social Services needs to adopt rules, Missouri Supreme Court says
Mar 18, 2009; ... The Missouri Supreme Court said a denial of a couple's adoptionsubsidy by the state Department of Social Services' Family SupportDivision is not valid because the division's decision was not basedon formal rules and regulations. The court determined that the division did not ...
St. Louis County jury clears law firm in legal malpractice suit
Mar 18, 2009; ... A St. Louis County jury has cleared Sandberg Phoenix & vonGontard and one of its attorneys, Rodney Sharp, of all wrongdoing ina legal malpractice suit against them. Physician Hamid Hosseini had filed suit against Sharp, allegingthat the attorney had negligently represented him ...
Missouri Supreme Court rejects challenge from sex offender
Mar 18, 2009; ... The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a challenge from a sexoffender who incurred a prison sentence when he did not register achange of address notice within 10 days. The Supreme Court previously ruled that it was unconstitutionalto require sex offenders convicted of crimes before ...
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District says man wasn't competent for trial
Mar 18, 2009; ... A man convicted of incestuous sex crimes could get a new trial --if the Missouri Supreme Court agrees with a state appellate courtthat the defendant is mentally retarded and unable to assist in hisown defense. The case pits a trial judge's own observations against experttestimony ...
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 ...
First panel sent to governor for Missouri Court of Appeals Western District vacancy
Mar 17, 2009; ... The Appellate Judicial Commission on Friday named the first ofthree panels of candidates for openings on the Missouri Court ofAppeals Western District. The panel consists of Judge Jacqueline A. Cook, Cynthia L. ReamsMartin and Mark D. Pfeiffer. Gov. Jay Nixon issued a ...
Wash. U. moves on to mock trial finals; U of Missouri-KC wins Spirit award
Mar 17, 2009 ... The Jackson County Courthouse played host last weekend to theOpening Round Championships of the American Mock Trial Association.More than 180 undergraduate students from 19 schools across thecountry participated in the event, with the winners moving on to thenational championship, to be ...
St. Peters held liable for selling quarry land
Mar 16, 2009; ... Twenty years ago, when the Quarry Holding Company sold land tothe St. Peters for $1 it expected to make a lot more. A judge ruled last week that the city breached its contract whenit did not pay the quarry a percentage of the profits. The amount of the judgment against the city ...
'At end of their rope,' St. Charles-area fire officials ask for tax hike
Mar 16, 2009; ... The Central County Fire and Rescue Fire Protection District isseeking a 54 percent hike in its operating tax rate, but to fireofficials and community advocates, it's worth every penny. The annual increase for the owner of a median-priced home($189,000) would be about $90, an ...
Home values could drop 7% in St. Charles County
Mar 16, 2009; ... The figures aren't final, but St. Charles County Assessor ScottShipman expects a countywide decline of approximately 6.29 percentin value of reassessed residential, commercial and agriculturalproperty. "You will see a bigger [percentage] decline in residential"property values ...
Area legislators rule out Missouri tax hikes
Mar 16, 2009; ... State Rep. Sally Faith said she gets about 100 e-mails and 30 or40 phone calls each day from people concerned about potential cutsto the state's budget. But Faith, who sits on the House Budget Committee, and severalother local legislators don't see the Missouri General ...
St. Charles County Business Record News Digest: March 16, 2009
Mar 16, 2009 ... LMI sees profit fall St. Charles-based LMI Aerospace Inc. recorded a profit of$585,000, or 5 cents per share, during the fourth quarter of 2008.The St. Charles-based company posted a profit of $3.8 million, or 34cents per share, during the fourth quarter of 2007. Fourth ...
Missourians in the News: March 16, 2009
Mar 16, 2009 ... McCullough, Wapelhorst named to convention panel Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed attorney Joseph G. McCullough andbusinessman Thomas N. Wapelhorst to the St. Charles CountyConvention and Sports Facilities Authority, the five-member panelthat oversees operation of the St. Charles ...
O'Fallon business owner says rules of leadership change with the economy
Mar 16, 2009; ... Strong leadership within a company can mean the difference inkeeping quality employees happy and productive or losing thoseemployees to the competition. "The better the leaders, the happier the employees. The happierthe employees are, the harder they work," said Erin Cox, owner ...
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District hears defenders' arguments
Mar 13, 2009; ... Missouri's public defenders are used to arguing to the appellatecourts on behalf of clients. On Thursday, they used their powers ofpersuasion on behalf of the public defender system itself. Attorneys for the Missouri State Public Defender's Officeappeared before the Missouri Court ...
Husch Blackwell, with offices in Missouri, lets go 17 attorneys
Mar 13, 2009; ... Husch Blackwell Sanders let go 17 attorneys and 45 staff membersfirmwide Thursday, citing performance and consolidation. The cuts are not being made for economic reasons, Co-ChairmanDavid Fenley said in a phone interview. "I think we know what a layoff is," he said. "This ...
Carnahan sues Stifel Nicolaus
Mar 13, 2009; ... Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan filed a lawsuitagainst investment firm Stifel Nicolaus & Co. to force the companyto repay investors who lost more than $180 million in the auction-rate securities market. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Franklin County Circuit ...