Legal Opinion
Seitz v. Lemay Bank and Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided January 27, 1998No. 79983PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Judge.
Geoffrey and Valerie Seitz filed suit against Lemay Bank and Trust Company for the negligent bailment of an eighteenth century Italian violin and mandolin. The instruments were located in a rented safe deposit box at Lemay Bank when they were destroyed in the flood of 1993. A jury awarded the Seitzes $315,000. Lemay Bank appealed. After opinion by the court of appeals, this Court granted transfer.1 The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
Facts
The following facts are undisputed. In August 1991, the Seitzes rented a safe deposit box from Lemay Bank in Lemay, Missouri.2 Into the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Krause v. US Truck Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1990
- Heins Implement Co. v. Missouri Highway & Transportation CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Brown v. Van NoyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
- Grindstaff v. TygettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by88 opinions
- Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. v. Beelman River Terminals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Giddens v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2000
- Klotz v. St. Anthony's Medical CenterSupreme Court of Missouri · 2010
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998
- Tisch v. DST Systems, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2012
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