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		<title>WORKERS&#8217; COMPENSATION EXCLUSIVITY IS STILL A DEFENSE, IF TIMELY PLED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Claims arising out of injuries sustained at work are generally prosecuted in the Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (the “Commission”). However, it is not uncommon for an injured worker to elect to either file suit in circuit court or file in both venues. Missouri’s Workers’ Compensation Law (the “Act”) provides that if an injury [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fwpclaw.com/news/workers-compensation-exclusivity-is-still-a-defense-if-timely-pled/</link>
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		<title>HAS THE &#8220;GOING AND COMING RULE&#8221; MADE A WRONG TURN IN MISSOURI?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With better internet connections and better remote network access, working from home has become commonplace.   But a recent Missouri appellate decision may cause some employers to think twice about such an arrangement.  In Tran v. Dave’s Electric, 2011 Mo.App.Lexis 1521, the Western District Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was liable for its employee’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VS. WORKPLACE EQUALITY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent holding inHosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Cheryl Perich, is both a win for religious freedom and a blow to workplace equality.  No. 10-553, 565 U.S. ____ (January 11, 2012), available athttp://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-553.pdf.  For the first time, the Court recognized a “ministerial exception” that bars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fwpclaw.com/news/religious-freedom-vs-workplace-equality/</link>
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		<title>BUILDER BEWARE?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Negligence Claims in Kansas Home Construction Cases Kansas Supreme Court Finds Economic Loss Doctrine Inapplicable to Home Construction Cases  In David v. Hett, the Kansas Supreme Court held that the economic loss doctrine should not preclude claims by homeowners seeking to recover economic damages resulting from negligently performed residential construction services.  In reaching this holding, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIRM WINS MOTION TO DISMISS WRONGFUL DEATH CASE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The deceased’s next of kin brought a law suit alleging that the defendants (local businessmen) negligently entrusted a motor vehicle to the deceased because they allegedly should have known he was an alcoholic.  The deceased was killed in a one car accident.  Joe Roper and Mike Belancio filed a motion to dismiss the law suit.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fwpclaw.com/news/firm-wins-motion-to-dismiss-wrongful-death-case/</link>
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		<title>EIGHTH CIRCUIT CASE NOTE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Paula Kingman, et al. v. Dillards, Inc., Case No. 10-2636 (8th Circuit, July 6, 2011), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit considered (among other things) whether the invalid spouse of an injured plaintiff could recover loss of consortium damages for the cost of extended professional care-giver services under Missouri law. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fwpclaw.com/news/eighth-circuit-case-note/</link>
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		<title>COMMERCIAL CREDIT AGREEMENTS MUST BE IN WRITING IN ORDER TO BE ENFORCEABLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Eastern District of Missouri’s recent decision in BancorpSouth Bank v. Paramont Properties, L.L.C., 2011 Mo. App. LEXIS 899 (June 28, 2011)[1] is the only case to date interpreting the application of § 432.047.2, R.S.Mo., Missouri’s Commercial Statute of Frauds.  This case is significant because it makes it clear that in a commercial setting, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fwpclaw.com/news/commercial-credit-agreements-must-be-in-writing-in-order-to-be-enforceable/</link>
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		<title>HAVE WE GOT A DEAL?  NOT SO FAST…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[          Missouri&#8217;s Western District Court of Appeals recently held that “because a letter, by its plain language, added to an original settlement offer an indemnification provision, it was not a mirror image of the original offer and was not an unequivocal acceptance.”  Reppy v. Winters, 2011 Mo. App. LEXIS 1025 (August 9, 2011).[1]  The appellate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fwpclaw.com/news/have-we-got-deal-not-so-fast/</link>
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		<title>MUCH ADO ABOUT TILLOTSON</title>
		<description><![CDATA[            The recent decision of the Western District Court of Appeals in Tillotson v. St. Joseph Medical Center (WD 72948, June 14, 2011) has generated a great deal of discussion in the workers’ compensation world.  However, the Tillotson decision does not make new law.  The decision does clarify the application of existing law to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fwpclaw.com/news/much-ado-about-tillotson/</link>
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		<title>Kansas Supreme Court Confirms Strict Statutory Interpretation Rule for Determination of Date of Accident for Repetitive Injury Workers&#8217; Compensation Claims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saylor v. Westar Energy, Inc., No. 100, 012 (Ks. S.C., August 5, 2011).              The Kansas Supreme Court has determined the date of accident for repetitive use, micro-trauma and cumulative traumatic injuries shall be governed exclusively by the plain language contained in K.S.A. 44-508, in effect prior to the May, 2011 changes to the Workers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fwpclaw.com/news/kansas-supreme-court-confirms-strict-statutory-interpretation-rule-for-determination-of-date-of-accident-for-repetitive-injury-workers-compensation-claims/</link>
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