Matter of Estate of Wilde

JAMES R. DOWD, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal from two proceedings involving the Estate of Ernest Wilde (“Estate”) in the Circuit Court, Probate Division, St. Louis County. Shirley Se-mar sued the Estate to recover in quantum meruit for services she rendered to an elderly couple prior to their deaths. At the close of Ms. Semar’s case, the court granted the Estate’s motion for a directed verdict. Ms. Semar filed a motion for new trial which the court denied. In a subsequent lawsuit, the Estate sued Ms. Semar alleging that she breached her duty as personal representative of the Estate by…