Sutherland v. Sutherland

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Appellant Martha Sutherland, as Trustee for the Martha Sutherland Revocable Trust, appeals from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Jackson County in favor of the defendants in a derivative action filed by Appellant against Mark Sutherland, Steven Pearson, Perry Sutherland, and Steven Scott and, nominally, against Sutherland Lumber Company of Kansas City LLC (“SLKC”). For the following reasons, the judgment is affirmed.

Appellant owns a membership interest in SLKC. Mark Sutherland and Pearson are the two managing members of SLKC and previously held managerial…