Legal Opinion
The Bar Plan v. Cooper
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 23, 2009No. ED 91848PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNETH M. ROMINES, Judge.
Introduction
This is a contract dispute between a pair of attorneys and their insurer. Attorneys William Cooper and Cynthia Bitting (Respondents) obtained a judgment from the trial court stating that Appellant The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company (TBP) was liable to Respondents to reimburse them for attorneys fees incurred during the appeal of an underlying case. The trial court found that the attorney TBP had appointed to represent Respondents acted as an agent for TBP in consenting to incur additional legal fees. Because we disagree that the attorney was an agent…
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