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Contracts: Payment on Account-Unjust Enrichment-Personal Liability

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 ...

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Contracts: Limited Liability Company-Ouster of Majority Member

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 ...

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Contracts: Breach-Appointment of Receiver

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 ...

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Contracts: State Contract-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 ...

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Contracts: Breach-Negligent Misrepresentation-Exclusion of Expert Testimony

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 ...

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Contracts: Loan Agreement-Breach-Reimbursement of Attorneys’ Fees

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 ...

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Contracts: Breach of Contract-Unjust Enrichment-Instructions

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 ...

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Contracts: Breach-Calculation 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 ...

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