Lawrence-Leiter & Co. v. Patel

CROW, Judge.

The snafu presented by this record is without parallel in any case we have come across. The legal issues arising from it can be fully appreciated only after a chronological account of the facts.

Plaintiff Lawrence-Leiter and Company is a “management consulting firm” in Kansas City. Defendant Vasant B. Patel (“Va-sant”) and his wife own and operate the Town House Motel in Cassville.

Prior to Christmas, 1988, Vasant telephoned plaintiffs office and talked with David Domsch,1 a “vice president and director of research,” about a feasibility study regarding expansion of the motel.

On…