Legal Opinion

Topps v. City of Country Club Hills

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided November 18, 2008No. ED 91509PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KURT S. ODENWALD, Presiding Judge.

Introduction

Evelyn Topps (Topps) appeals from the trial court’s second order granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of the City of Country Club Hills (the City), after this Court, in Topps v. City of Country Club Hills (Topps I), 236 S.W.3d 660 (Mo.App. E.D.2007), reversed and remanded the trial court’s first summary judgment order. We affirm.

Background

We review the facts in the light most favorable to Topps, as the party against whom summary judgment was entered. City of Hazelwood v. Peterson, 48 S.W.3d 36, 38 (Mo. banc 2001). Topps was an at-will…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Dennis Epps v. The City of Pine LawnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  2. State Ex Rel. Board of Trustees of North Kansas City Memorial Hospital v. RussellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  3. Kunzie v. City of OlivetteSupreme Court of Missouri · 2006
  4. Junior College District of St. Louis v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 2004
  5. Kelly v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2007

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Hendricks v. CURATORS OF UNIV. OF MISSOURIMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
  2. A.F., by and through her next friend L.F. v. Hazelwood School District, Brenda Rone and Elizabeth BrandsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2016
  3. Bennartz v. City of ColumbiaMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009
  4. Stephens v. DunnMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
  5. Jiang v. PorterDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2015

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