Langlois v. Pemiscot Memorial Hospital

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

This appeal stems from a claim for breach of an employment contract between John C. Langlois (“Plaintiff’), and Pemis-cot Memorial Hospital, d/b/a Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems (“Defendant”), a county hospital, organized and operating under Sections 205.160 et seq. 1 The trial court entered a judgment in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of $21,553.56. Defendant appeals, asserting that it did not authorize the contract pursuant to Section 432.070. We agree and reverse the judgment.

Plaintiff, who is a certified public accountant with extensive experience in the…