Appellate Practice: Jurisdiction-Finality Of Judgment-Damages

Staff Report//April 16, 2024//

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Where defendants challenged a judgment against them for sex discrimination under the Missouri Human Right Act, the trial court did not order the defendants to pay any damages as a result of the court’s liability determination, so the judgment was not final, and the appeal is dismissed because the court lacked jurisdiction.

Appeal is dismissed.

D.W. v. Hogan Preparatory Academy (MLW No. 81367/Case No. WD86206 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Jackson County, Castle, J. (Daniel G. Curry, Sarah A. Brown and Anthony E. LaCroix, Kansas City, MO for respondent) (Keith A. Cutler and Dana Tippin Cutler, Kansas City, MO for appellants).