Free Newsletter
Negligence: Motorcycle Accident-Sudden Emergency Doctrine
Staff Report//May 7, 2026//
Plaintiff appealed the grant of summary judgment for defendants. Plaintiff filed suit alleging that she crashed her motorcycle when she rode through an oil spill coming from defendants’ leaking truck. Plaintiff argued that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment based on the sudden emergency doctrine and in denying her leave to amend her complaint.
Where plaintiff’s brief failed to comply with requirements of the appellate rules, the court was unable to conduct meaningful appellate review.
Appeal is dismissed.
Van Deel v. A-Plus Contracting, LLC (MLW No. 84716/Case No. ED114002 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Navarro-McKelvey, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Charles County, McDonough, J. (Andrew G. Toennies for appellant) (Bradley Hansmann and Christine K. Lesicko for respondent)
Latest Opinion Digests
- Criminal Law-Burglary-Sufficiency of Evidence
- Negligence-Personal Injury-Non-Party Subpoena-Financial and Tax Records
- Insurance-Breach of Contract-Vexatious Refusal to Pay-Timing of Loss
- Employer-Employee-Race Discrimination-Title VII-Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
- Employer-Employee-Improper Tip Distribution-Collective Bargaining Agreement-Union’s Refusal to File Grievance
- Contracts-Patent License-Arbitration Clause-Validity
- Torts-Opioid Epidemic-PBM Liability-Removal to Federal Court
- Insurance-Long-Term Care Policy-Guaranteed Issue-Existing Loss Exclusion
- Insurance-Duty to Indemnify-Consent Judgment-Policy Exclusion
- Insurance-Accidental Death and Dismemberment-Exclusion-Contributing Factors to Death
- Immigration-Cancellation of Removal-Extreme Hardship-Substantial Evidence
Top stories
- Missouri Supreme Court upholds 2025 congressional redistricting map
- Missouri Supreme Court weighs if new Congressional map must be suspended pending referendum
- 2026 Reader Rankings winners
- Missouri attorneys navigate increase in challenging UTV & ATV crashes
- Lacking explanation for delay, default judgment can’t be set aside
- Eastern District affirms lower court in employment discrimination case
- COA declines to enforce settlement agreement due to disputed terms
- Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District unveils Burrell portrait
