Monarch Fire Protection District of St. Louis County v. Freedom Consulting & Auditing Services, Inc.

I join all of the court’s opinion except that part holding that the expansive terms of Section 7.H(i) do not entitle Monarch to the attorneys’ fees that it incurred in successfully pursuing its breach-of-contract claim against Freedom and its claim for injunctive relief against all the defendants.

While under Missouri law each litigant generally must bear his attorney’s fees, “[o]nce liability on a contract has been determined, damages in the form of attor*640ney’s fees permitted under the contract follow as a matter of law.” State ex rel. Chase Resorts, Inc. v. Campbell, 913 S.W.2d 832, 835…