For lawyers trying to take a bite of Doe Run, St. Louis is the place to be. (Published by the Riverfront Times on April 10, 2002.) Meet Marvin K. Kaiser, veteran bean-counter for one of St. Louis’ high-profile businesses. Not just any number-cruncher, Kaiser is an executive vice president and chief financial officer; his company’s Continue reading

Doe Run’s owner has done this before — and that has regulators braced for trouble (Published by the Riverfront Times on Feb. 20, 2002.) Never sat across the bargaining table from him. Never met him, in fact. But union boss Joe Angleton has a high opinion of the man who controls Lodestar Energy Inc., a Continue reading

John Chamis and other residents of lead-contaminated Herculaneum are tired of getting jerked around by regulators and by Doe Run. They’re demanding answers — and results. (Published by the Riverfront Times on Dec. 26, 2001.) Seemed like Wilma was always hollering about John’s smelly shirts and pants, especially after his Wednesday volunteer-firefighter meetings, when he’d Continue reading

Legal or not, a-noodling they will go. (Published by the Riverfront Times on Dec. 20, 2000.) He’d kept the big head in a freezer for two years, waiting to scratch together enough money for a true-to-life trophy. But as the holidays approached, Howard Ramsey was thinking outside the box — the icebox, that is. The Continue reading

When it came to guns, the Overland cops weren’t just playing around. (Published by the Riverfront Times on Aug. 2, 2000.) The burglar smashed a glass pane in the rear door, reached in, flipped the lock and quickly slipped inside the small brick house. He went straight to a front bedroom. Ignoring jewelry and other Continue reading

After years of taking it on the chin, Bob Goeggel struck back at his competitor. Thanks to his accusations of fraud, the state’s largest ambulance company is on the operating table and the feds are doing the cutting. (Published by the Riverfront Times on Aug. 11, 1999.) Walk into Bob Goeggel’s office in the former Continue reading

Backfire: Former exec’s suit could blow Enterprise’s files wide open (Published by the Riverfront Times on March 12, 2003.) Worm‘s impressed when folks start acting like him, all ruthless and slimy and unwilling to yield to convention. So here’s a tip of this invertebrate’s hat to the folks at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, whose aggressive defense of Continue reading