SEITZ v. LEMAY BANK AND TRUST CO.

No. 79983.

959 S.W.2d 458 (1998)

Geoffrey J. SEITZ and Valerie A. Seitz Respondents, v. LEMAY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Springborn, Davis Biggs, Jr., St. Louis, for Appellant.

David M. Duree, Bernard A. Reinert, Thomas J. Burnside, St. Louis, for Respondents.


WHITE, Judge.

Geoffrey and Valerie Seitz filed suit against Lemay Bank and Trust Company for the negligent bailment of an eighteenth century Italian violin and mandolin. The instruments were located in a rented safe deposit box at Lemay Bank when they were destroyed in the flood of 1993. A jury awarded the Seitzes $315,000. Lemay Bank appealed. After opinion by the court of appeals, this Court granted transfer.1 The judgment of the trial...

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