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Where a wholesale supply company appealed from a judgment in its favor that awarded compensation and statutory interest but denied an alternative claim of unjust enrichment, substantial evidence supported the conclusion that the individual defendants were personally liable for the ...

Tagged with: Payment on Account Personal Liability unjust enrichment

Where an architectural firm challenged the denial of its claim for enforcement of its architect lien in a dispute arising from a contract for design services for a senior care facility, the trial court did not err in denying the ...

Tagged with: Architect Lien Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Construction Contract

Where a realty company claimed that its broker was entitled to a share of a commission on a real property sale, the broker had introduced the buyer to the seller, and more than a year later the buyer had a ...

Tagged with: Commercial Property Sale Quantum Meruit Real Estate Commission

Defendants appealed the judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs, following a jury verdict finding that defendant minority members’ attempt to oust majority member plaintiff Meadowfresh Solutions USA LLC from the company and remove plaintiff John Fulton as managing member caused ...

Tagged with: Limited Liability Company Ouster of Majority Member

Plaintiffs filed suit against defendants. During the pendency of the action, plaintiffs moved for appointment of a receiver. Although the motion was granted, no receiver was appointed. The case proceeded to a jury trial, where plaintiffs received judgment in their ...

Tagged with: Appointment of Receiver Breach

The parties entered a contract for defendant to provide pharmacy services for residents of the Missouri Veterans Home; the contract provided that the state, in its sole discretion, could renew the contract on a yearly basis. Defendant declined to perform ...

Tagged with: Breach State Contract

Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, alleging that its representations in its sale of a billboard to plaintiff had been false, asserting claims of breach and negligent misrepresentation. A jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff. On appeal, defendant argued ...

Tagged with: Breach Exclusion of Expert Testimony negligent misrepresentation

Plaintiff sued defendant for breach of a loan agreement. The district court entered summary judgment for defendant. Defendant moved for reimbursement of its attorneys’ fees under the parties’ agreement, but the district court denied the motion. Where the parties’ agreement ...

Tagged with: Breach Loan Agreement Reimbursement of Attorneys’ Fees

Where appellants challenged a jury verdict in favor of respondent trust on a petition for damages alleging breach of contract, unjust enrichment and quantum meruit, the judgment is affirmed because the trial court did not err in giving verdict-directing instructions ...

Tagged with: breach of contract instructions unjust enrichment

Where a landscaping company challenged an order to pay $40,250 to a general contractor after the landscaper materially breached the parties’ contract by installing a defective waterfall, the contractor was entitled to cancel the contract and sue the landscaper for ...

Tagged with: Construction Contract Measure of Damages

Defendant appealed the judgment ordering it to pay damages to plaintiff for breach of contract. On appeal, defendant argued that the trial court applied the wrong measure of damages to plaintiff’s claim. Where defendant had contracted with plaintiff, not with ...

Tagged with: Breach Calculation of Damages