James M. Dickey v. Royal Banks of Missouri, a Missouri State Banking Corporation, and Laurie Trigg-Brown, an Individual

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

A jury awarded James M. Dickey $104,000 against Royal Banks of Missouri (the “Bank”) for unjust enrichment and against the Bank and its employee, Laurie Trigg-Brown, for misconduct associated with an improper notarization. We have concluded that under Missouri law the unjust enrichment claim failed to state a cause of action, and that the second claim failed for lack of evidence on the issue of causation. We therefore reverse the judgment of the trial court.

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