Neisler v. Keirsbilck

ROBERT S. BARNEY, Judge.

Donna Neisler (“Appellant”) appeals the judgment entered by the trial court which granted Columbia Sussex Corporation’s (“Respondent”) request for summary judgment. 1 Appellant urges three points of trial court error.

In determining whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment, we employ a de novo standard of review. City of Springfield v. Gee, 149 S.W.3d 609, 612 (Mo.App.2004). Consequently, we do not defer to the trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment. Murphy v. Jackson Nat’l Life Ins. Co., 83 S.W.3d 663, 665 (Mo.App.2002). Instead, we use the…