Legal Opinion

Gail & Darrell Mansfield v. Caleb Horner & John Horner

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 17, 2014No. WD76310PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.

Caleb Horner (“Caleb”) and John Hor-ner (“John”) (collectively “the Horners”) appeal from the trial court’s judgment (“Judgment”) in a wrongful death action awarding $8,650,000 of compensatory damages and $100,000,000 in damages for aggravating circumstances to Gail Mansfield (“Gail”) and Darrell (“Darrell”) Mansfield (collectively “the Mansfields”). 1 The Hor-ners present nine points on appeal, each of which argues that the Judgment constituted error in that: (1) the Mansfields failed to make a submissible case on the duty and causation elements of their claim for…

2Cases cited67 opinions

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3Cited by34 opinions

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