Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church v. St. Louis Alarm Monitoring Co.

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.

This dispute involves a settlement agreement arising out of a lawsuit in which Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, (Good Hope) sought damages from St. Louis Alarm Monitoring Company, Inc., (SLAM) after a fire damaged its premises. A high-low settlement agreement was put on the record before the trial court received the jury’s verdict. 1 Both parties filed motions to enforce this agreement. The parties disputed whether the agreement included prejudgment interest, and each alleged a restriction on their respective counsel’s authority to settle. The trial…