Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church v. St. Louis Alarm Monitoring Co.

OPINION

GLENN A. NORTON, J.

St. Louis Alarm Monitoring Company, Inc. (“SLAM”) appeals the trial court’s judgment awarding Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church (“Good Hope”) $338,301.37 in pre-judgment interest after a jury awarded Good Hope $1 million in compensatory and punitive damages on Good Hope’s claims against SLAM for negligence and recklessness. Good Hope cross-appeals the trial court’s denial of its motion to amend the trial court’s judgment to include additional pre-judgment interest and post-judgment interest. We affirm the judgment as modified.

I. BACKGROUND

Beginning in 1993, Good…