Legal Opinion
Leonard Missionary Baptist Church v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 6, 2001No. Nos. ED 77874, ED 77955PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRANDALL, Judge.
Defendant, Sears, Roebuck and Company, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, entered pursuant to a jury verdict, in favor of plaintiff, Leonard Missionary Baptist Church, in a strict liability action for damages sustained in a fire caused by a *835space heater. Plaintiff cross-appeals from the trial court’s reduction of the award by the amount of a prior settlement with another defendant. We affirm.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, in February 1996, Leonard Missionary Baptist Church (hereinafter LMBC) occupied a church building (hereinafter church) located…
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- Mears v. Columbia Mutual Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1993
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