Scott v. Blue Springs Ford Sales, Inc.

The issue in this case for this Court is whether the trial court erred in refusing to submit Lance Scott’s claim for punitive damages under section 407.0251 to a jury. Scott contends that to the extent section 407.025 prohibits the submission of a punitive damage claim to the jury, it is invalid as depriving him of his constitutional right to a jury trial. This Court has jurisdiction. Mo. Const. article V, section 8.

The trial court erred in failing to submit the punitive damage claim to the jury. Having determined the issue giving this Court jurisdiction, the case is transferred to the Court…