Legal Opinion

Call v. Heard

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided June 25, 1996No. 78455Published

1Opinion of the Court

925 S.W.2d 840 (1996)

Mary Beth CALL, et al., Respondents,

v.

Joseph Allen HEARD, Appellant.

No. 78455.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

June 25, 1996.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1996.

Susan Ford Robertson, Columbia, for appellant.

Ronald R. McMillin, Charles J. McPheeters, Jefferson City, for respondents.

LIMBAUGH, Justice.

Joseph Heard appeals from a judgment in this court-tried case awarding $9.5 million in compensatory damages and $9.5 million in punitive damages for the wrongful deaths of Richard, Beth, and Daniel Call. Our jurisdiction is based upon Article V, § 3, of the Missouri…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Blackmar; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Price; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Blackmar.

2Cases cited51 opinions

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  2. BMW of North America, Inc. v. GoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. HaslipSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Honda Motor Co. v. ObergSupreme Court of the United States · 1994

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