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Across Kansas: Casino annexation suit
Message was posted: 11:26 Feb 24th, 2008

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Sumner County officials filed a lawsuit Friday against the city of Mulvane over its annexation of land near the Kansas Turnpike to accommodate a proposed resort casino. The lawsuit alleges that Mulvane officials failed to comply with state laws by approving “shoestring” annexation of land near the city. Harrah’s Entertainment-Sumner Gaming and Resorts wants to put a $500 million casino on the site. HAYSVILLE | Malpractice lawyers aided in indictment Malpractice attorneys worked closely with federal prosecutors to help indict a Kansas doctor accused of illegally prescribing painkillers linked to the overdose deaths of 56 patients. While the attorneys say their help wasn’t improper, supporters of Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda Schneider, contend the close involvement by malpractice attorneys representing plaintiffs in civil lawsuits against the doctor taints the federal prosecution. kansascity.com