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DODSON v. MFA INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 57286.

509 S.W.2d 461 (1974)

John DODSON, Respondent, v. MFA INSURANCE COMPANY and Countryside Casualty Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied June 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lantz Welch, Kansas City, Martha Sperry Hickman, Independence, for respondent.

Thomas A. Sweeny, Kansas City, for appellants; Popham, Popham, Conway, Sweeny & Fremont, Kansas City, of counsel.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied June 10, 1974.

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Action for malicious prosecution. Jury awarded plaintiff $15,000 actual damages and $200,000 punitive damages. Defendants' motion for new trial was overruled; judgment entered on verdict; defendants appealed.

In March, 1962, plaintiff John Dodson resided at Brookfield, Missouri. He was then some 36 years of age, a veteran of World War II who had lost a...

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