International Minerals & Chemical Corp. v. Avon Products, Inc.

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

The plaintiffs, International Minerals & Chemical Corporation (IMC) and Mallinck-rodt, Inc. (Mallinckrodt), and the defendant, Avon Products, Inc. (Avon), appeal from the judgment of the trial court. After partial summary judgment, this action was previously appealed in International Minerals v. Avon Products (Avon I), 817 S.W.2d 903 (Mo. banc 1991). Although the facts recited in Avon I are on substantially the same record, we again set forth the basic facts here for the sake of clarity.

On February 28, 1986, Avon sold all of the stock of its wholly owned subsidiary,…