Thursday, March 21, 2013
Thursday, W. Lynn Gunter pleaded not guilty to charges of murder in the death of his wife in their Town and Country home. They had been parishioners at St. Anselm in Creve Coeur. Gunter's former employer sued him for breach of a contract.
W. Lynn Gunter pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge in St. Louis County Circuit Court Thursday morning. As previously reported by Patch, Gunter is accused of murdering his wife Monday at their Town and Country home. The Gunter's were active parishioners at St. Anselm Catholic Church in Creve Coeur. Gunter’s attorney, N. Scott Rosenblum, declined to talk about specifics of the case. "I will say generally it’s not a wise proposition for anybody to jump to conclusions in any case," Rosenblum said. (Read Previous Story: Authorities Say Town and Country Man Killed Wife With 'Instrument') On Wednesday, Lt. Tom Larkin of St. Louis County Police said he could not say whether Gunter had any financial problems. Gunter, a vice president…
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Attorneys for Midwest Maternity & Fetal Medicine sought to keep confidential the transcript records, photos and other discovery material.
St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Barbara W. Wallace denied a motion that sought to prohibit public access to transcripts, photos and videos in a couple’s lawsuit against a Creve Coeur OBGYN practice. The lawsuit, brought by Arteisha Betts and Travis Ammonette, of Florissant, claims the couple's child was decapitated during delivery on March 22, 2011. The lawsuit is against Midwest Maternal & Fetal Medicine Services, LLC, Signature Medical Group Inc. Kim Roger Luther sought a protective order that would keep confidential all depositions, transcripts, photos and other information. A Missouri Supreme Court rule states a court may make any order “to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Attorneys met with Circuit Court Judge Barbara Wallace concerning a motion to quash deposition of two doctors involved in the delivery.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A 2014 trial date was set in a couple’s lawsuit against a Creve Coeur OBGYN practice. The lawsuit claims the couple's child was decapitated during delivery on March 22, 2011. The couple, Arteisha Betts and Travis Ammonette, of Florissant, is suing Midwest Maternal & Fetal Medicine Services, LLC, Signature Medical Group Inc., both in Creve Coeur, as well as Dr. Gilbert Webb and Dr. Susan D. Moore. The lawsuit indicates the doctors involved in the delivery coerced Betts and Ammonette into a vaginal delivery when Moore advised the couple that a Cesarean section was necessary due to the child’s "accelerated abdominal circumference." During the delivery at Mercy Hospital St. Louis, the complaint states, "Webb separated decedent Kaden Travis …
Friday, December 30, 2011
Two former officers claim they were fired even as they were considered to replace the district's retiring Chief.
In a lawsuit filed this week in St. Louis County circuit court, three former officers of the Monarch Fire Protection District claim they were denied due process when they were removed last month in the wake of a sex discrimination lawsuit verdict which came back against the District in appellate court. Leslie Crews and Cary Spiegel said in the filing that they were told they were being dismissed because of that verdict, while Michael Davis said he was given no explanation. The complaint states that the case served as "a mere pretext and excuse," and that real reason stemmed from union interests in gaining control over the district. The trio said they were entitled to dismissal proceedings and an opportunity to clear their names in a …
The plaintiffs in suit filed this week were identified in a sex discrimination lawsuit against the district.
Three now-former senior officers at the Monarch Fire Protection District have reportedly filed suit against the agency over their firings in the wake of an employment discrimination lawsuit which came back with an appellate verdict against the district earlier this year. Four female district employees sued the district claiming a hostile, pervasively discriminating and abusive environment and identified Leslie Crews, Cary Spiegel and Michael Davis in the suit. Two of the plaintiffs were awarded damages. After the appellate court ruling, the Monarch board removed the trio and a fourth, battallon chief Fred Goodson. Goodson was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted wound near his home earlier this month. The suit on behalf of Leslie …
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Clayton-based Missouri Roundtable For Life files petition in Cole County to declare special session legislation null and void.
Right-To-Life advocates filed suit in Cole County Circuit Court Thursday, asking a judge to declare the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act, or MOSIRA, null and void on the grounds that the language authorizing its passage was tied to another piece of legislation which did not pass in this year's special session of the Missouri General Assembly. When Governor Nixon signed the bill into law in October and again during a ceremony at the Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur , he maintained a position that the MOSIRA bill, which was tied to the fate of the failed Aerotropolis Economic Development legislation, would survive a legal challenge over severability. The Clayton-based Missouri Rountable for Life, and Missouri …
University of Missouri-St. Louis study asked "How Many City of St. Louis Students Would Make The change?
Thousands of St. Louis City students likely would seek to transfer to St. Louis County Public Schools if the option became available to the adults responsible for them, a new study states. The findings come as school districts around the area brace for the potential impact a long-running lawsuit over unaccredited school districts could have as the case heads for trial in 2012. The study, commissioned by the School District of Clayton, asked a number of questions, including this one: After being informed that “the six St. Louis County public school districts with the highest student performance on the Missouri Assessment Program are, in no particular order , the Brentwood School District, the Clayton School District, the Kirkwood School …
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday afternoon, the district announced interim chiefs to replace those removed in the wake of the suit.
The women who had a successful verdict in an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Monarch Fire Protection District upheld in state appeals court have broken their silence over the case. Donna Kessler and Dana Buckley spoke to KTVI/FOX2's Andy Banker in a story which aired earlier this week. Kessler and Buckley, along with two other women, filed a sex discrimination suit against the district, claiming the bias they were shown cost them employment opportunities and put public safety at risk by keeping female firefighters off firetrucks for extended periods of time, hurting their ability to perform a firefighter's duties. In the verdict upheld earlier this month by a state appeals court, Kessler and Buckley will each receive $200,000…
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Two battalion chiefs, a deputy chief and an assistant chief will not be replaced.
The President of the Monarch Fire Protection District Board of Directors says service will not suffer despite the board's move Tuesday to remove four senior officers. The officers included two battalion chiefs, a deputy chief and an assistant chief who were identified in an employment discrimination lawsuit against the district which was upheld earlier this month in a state appeals court. The verdict, which includes $200,000 payments to a pair of plaintiffs in the case, will mean more than $1.5 million in total costs, including attorney fees. Board President Kim Evans said a total of five officers were identified through the suit. One was given the option of a reduction in rank to keep his job and accepted. Four others were given the …
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
KSDK TV reports the fire protection district will address Saturday's board decision following recent appeals court ruling against the agency.
What really happened this weekend when four Monarch Fire Protection District officers were allegedly voted on to be dismissed from the district, as reported Monday by one of the district's three board members as well as the watchdog organization Monarch Concerned Taxpayers? "At this time I am not at liberty to answer that question. District policy does not allow any employee of Monarch or elected official to comment on personnel matters," Monarch Fire Protection District Board President Kim Evans told Patch in an email Monday afternoon. "I can tell you that this board is committed to a non-discriminatory workplace." Evans then issued a news release Monday afternoon. It stated the following: In 2007 several female employees of the Monarch …
Gregg Palermo
10:29 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013
Jane, thanks for your comments. We've given all sides an opportunity to share their story at every step of our reporting on this and will continue to do so. more ›