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Where the mother of a child, who had been called a racially derogatory name by a substitute teacher, sued the school district and the temporary service that employed the teacher, the trial court erred by applying a direct negligence standard ...

Tagged with: MHRA racial discrimination Respondeat Superior

Where the treasurer challenged a determination that the Second Injury Fund was liable to claimant for permanent total disability benefits, the claim arose from a workplace injury that occurred after January 1, 2014, so the commission legally erred by applying ...

Tagged with: PTD Benefits Second Injury Fund

Where in a dispute arising from a lease agreement for rental property, the landlord brought an action for rent and possession and later amended the petition to request relief for unlawful detainer, and the tenant raised a counter claim and ...

Tagged with: Current Possession Unlawful Detainer Warranty of Habitability

Where appellants challenged a judgment in favor of respondent on its claim of adverse possession of real property, substantial evidence showed that the respondent established visible acts of ownership over the premises including maintaining and improving the property at the ...

Tagged with: Adverse Possession Continuous Exclusive

Where appellants challenged a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of respondent on her retaliatory discharge claim, the cause of action arose out of Missouri and an appellant purposefully availed itself of the privilege of conducting activities in ...

Tagged with: Front Pay jurisdiction Retaliatory Discharge

Where a defendant challenged a judgment denying his “first amended motion to dismiss charges as unconstitutional,” the defendant was allowed to withdraw his guilty plea to the charges, and his case remained pending in the circuit court, so the judgment ...

Tagged with: Failure To Register sex offender

Where a defendant challenged his convictions for statutory sodomy and victim tampering, the trial court did not plainly err in instructing the jury on the first-degree statutory sodomy counts, and there was no violation of the defendant’s right to an ...

Tagged with: jury instructions Propensity Evidence

Where appellant challenged a judgment following a bench trial in an interpleader action that awarded his former wife and respondent certain proceeds from the sale of real property, counterclaims and cross claims remained pending against unserved parties, so the judgment ...

Tagged with: Interpleader Action jurisdiction

Where a vendor that was an unsuccessful bidder for state contract awards argued that the state violated procurement requirements, the vendor failed to show that it exhausted administrative remedies, so the trial court did not err in dismissing the relevant ...

Tagged with: Failure To Exhaust Procurement Laws State Contract Awards

Where a man injured in an auto accident as a passenger sued the driver’s parents, who owned the vehicle, for negligent entrustment, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying a stay motion that was filed late, and ...

Tagged with: Incompetence Negligence Entrustment

Plaintiff filed a negligence action arising from a hazing incident, alleging that defendant failed to adequately enforce its alcohol and hazing policies and that this failure caused plaintiff’s injuries. The trial court granted partial summary judgment to defendant, finding that ...

Tagged with: Duty Of Care hazing