Legal Opinion
Weaks v. Rupp
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 14, 1998No. WD 53776PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ULRICH, Chief Judge, Presiding Judge.
Shelly and Fannie Weaks (“the Weaks”) appeal from the judgment of the trial court entered against them in their action for negligence against their landlords, Ronald and Marie Rupp (“the Rupps”). The ease was tried before the court without a jury. The Weaks alleged that the Rupps’ negligent maintenance of their furnace caused them to suffer carbon monoxide poisoning. The Weaks raise two issues on appeal. They contend that the trial court erred by (1) finding against them where the Rupps breached their duty to use ordinary care to prevent the furnace in the…
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