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Torts: Statutory Trespass to Property-Crop-dusting-Vicarious Liability
Plaintiff filed suit against defendants for trespass, alleging they crop-dusted herbicides on a neighboring farm in a manner that allowed the herbicides to drift onto plaintiff’s farm; plaintiff also asserted a vicarious-liability claim against the neighboring farm owner. After all defendants but the neighboring farm owners were dismissed, the jury returned a verdict for defendants. […]
Civil Practice: Spam Email – Vicarious Liability – Independent Contractor
Kramer v. Cash Link Systems (MLW No. 65042/Case No. 12-1956 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)
Negligence: Damages – Pain And Suffering – Vicarious Liability
Meier v. Schrock (MLW No. 64969/Case No. ED98728 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hoff, J.)
Bankruptcy: Vicarious Liability – Fraud
Reuter v. Cutcliff, et al. (MLW No. 63906/Case No. 11-1339 – 16 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.) (Smith, J. – concurring in part, dissenting in part)
Negligence: Vicarious Liability – FELA – Co-worker Negligence
Cluck v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (MLW No. 63614/Case No. SC91617 – 21 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; Breckenridge, Fischer, Stith and Price, JJ., concur; Teitelman, C.J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Draper, J., concurs in opinion of Teitelman, C.J.)
Negligence: Automobile Accident – Vicarious Liability – ‘Special Errand’
Tran v. Dave’s Electric Company, Inc. (MLW No. 62974/Case No. WD71183 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.)
Employer – Employee: Sexual Harassment – Vicarious Liability – Punitive Damages
Leeper v. Scorpio Supply IV, LLC, et al. (MLW No. 62726/Case No. SD29686 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, P.J.)
Bankruptcy: Securities Fraud – Dischargeability – Vicarious Liability
Reuter v. Cutcliff, et al. (MLW No. 61753/Case No. 10-6043 – 19 pages) (U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Saladino, B.J.) Appealed from U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Missouri, Dow, J. (James F.B. Daniels, Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant) (David Gregory Brown, Columbia, for appellee).
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