Legal Opinion
Young v. Kansas City Power and Light Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 30, 1989No. WD 40229PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Judge.
Plaintiffs as trustees for Best Buy Home Center, Inc., a former Missouri corporation, 1 sued Kansas City Power and Light Company (KCPL) for damages incurred when the building Best Buy occupied was damaged by a fire and the contents were destroyed. The suit was based on a claim that the fire was electrical in origin and the result of a shorted circuit in the KCPL meter box. KCPL disputed the fire’s origin and also contended that faulty interior wiring was a contributing factor in the loss. The case was tried to a jury which found damages to be in the amount of $230,000.00 with…
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