Legal Opinion
Carter v. Willert Home Products, Inc.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 15, 1986No. 67893PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Judge.
Defendant appeals from the judgment of the trial court, entered on a jury verdict, awarding plaintiff $12,000 actual damages and $35,000 punitive damages on her petition for slander. The Court of Appeals, Eastern District, issued its opinion affirming the judgment, but ordered the cause transferred on the basis of a perceived conflict with Rauch v. Gas Service Company, 241 Mo.App. 976, 235 S.W.2d 420 (1950). We have jurisdiction pursuant to Mo. Const, art. V, § 10. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
In the point on which transfer was ordered, defendant urges that the…
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