Carolyn Holmes, Personal Representative for the Estate of Robert v. Holmes v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.

IN THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS WESTERN DISTRICT CAROLYN HOLMES, Personal ) Representative for the Estate of ) ROBERT V. HOLMES, ) ) WD82867 Appellant, ) v. ) OPINION FILED: ) June 9, 2020 ) UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., ) ) Respondent. ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri The Honorable Bryan E. Round, Judge Before Division Two: Mark D. Pfeiffer, Presiding Judge, and Alok Ahuja and Gary D. Witt, Judges This case addresses the discretion afforded trial courts in responding to a party’s efforts to substitute a party in an amended pleading. Here, where the trial court…