March v. Midwest St. Louis, L.L.C.

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

Midwest St. Louis, L.L.C., appeals the trial court’s order granting Philip H. March a new trial after a jury verdict in *251favor of Midwest. The trial court granted a new trial because it found that a key witness for Midwest, Louis L. Akin, deliberately testified falsely about a material issue at trial that likely resulted in an improper verdict and that, alternatively, newly discovered evidence merited a new trial. Midwest asserts that all of Mr. Akin’s testimony was true and that, if there was false testimony, it was not material to the jury’s verdict. Furthermore,…