Recently added articles from St. Louis Daily Record:
Independence lawyer wins Iowa 'popcorn' lung case
Mar 19, 2009 ... A federal jury in Iowa has awarded $7.5 million to a man whoworked at a microwave popcorn plant and developed a lung diseasecaused by a chemical in the artificial butter flavor. The plaintiff, 69-year-old Ronald Kuiper, did not live to hearthe verdict -- he died March 11, a day ...
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 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 ...
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 ...