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Civil Practice: Sunshine Law-Attorneys’ Fees
Staff Report//November 18, 2019
Where a city clerk challenged trial court orders addressing her failure to disclose records under the state’s sunshine law and imposing a civil penalty and attorneys’ fees to the opposing party, substantial evidence supported the finding that the clerk’s refusal to disclose the records was a purposeful and knowing violation of the law, and the award of attorneys’ fees was not an abuse of discretion, so the judgment is affirmed and the motion for attorneys’ fees on appeal is remanded for determination by the court.
Judgment is affirmed; remanded.
Wyrick v. Henry (MLW No. 74131/Case No. WD82557 – 34 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Jackson County, Burnett, J. (Stephen M. Gorny, Kansas City, Missouri, for respondent) (Wesley J. Carrillo, Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant).
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