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FPS&S: 2024 Super Lawyers®

  FPS&S: 2025 Super Lawyers®  Fisher Patterson Sayler & Smith, LLP is pleased to announce the recognition of eleven lawyers, including two "Rising Stars [**]", in 2024 Missouri & Kansas "Super Lawyers ®"   A Super Lawyer is an exceptional...

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Litigation News Update

Tenth Circuit Underscores Importance of Documenting Employee Activity to Support Termination   The Tenth Circuit recently affirmed a finding by the Federal District Court of Kansas, which ruled in favor of for Larned State Hospital (LSH) in lawfully firing an...

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Government Liability News Update

KANSAS COURT OF APPEALS APPLIES RECREATIONAL USE IMMUNITY TO COUNTY LIBRARY   For the first time, a Kansas appellate court applied recreational use immunity to a library parking lot, exempting a county from liability for ordinary negligence. In Zaragoza v. Bd. of...

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Employment Law News Update

Eighth Circuit Reviews an Employee's Burden to Demonstrate Employer's Violations of the Family Medical Leave Act   The Eighth Circuit recently reviewed a plaintiff’s burden to support a claim of interference and discrimination against an employer under the Family...

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Government Liability News Update

Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Deliberate Indifference Claim for Inmate   Inmates suing governmental entities for events that occur in the correctional facility where they are confined is a frequent occurrence, so governmental entities should take care to...

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Litigation News Update

U.S. Supreme Court Revises Tenth Circuit Standard on Adverse Employment Actions   The United State Supreme Court recently realigned the previously held Tenth Circuit standard required to be shown by a plaintiff to succeed in alleging an adverse employment action....

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Litigation News Update

Preliminary Injunction Halts New Regulations for Schools   The United States District Court for Kansas issued a preliminary injunction this week blocking the Department of Education and the Department of Justice from implementing or enforcing new Title IX rules...

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