{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"bistate-development-agency-d/b/a-metro-and-cedric-k-allen","displayName":"Bi-State Development Agency d/b/a Metro, and Cedric K. Allen","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed106359:2018-12-18","opinionId":"090c2ee1-a6a4-539e-8df0-72ef609c7c8d","slug":"dawn-brancati-respondent-v-bi-state-development-agency-dba-metro-and-cedr-106359","caseName":"Dawn Brancati, Respondent, vs. Bi-State Development Agency d/b/a Metro, and Cedric K. Allen, Appellants.","caseNumber":"ED106359","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2018-12-18","year":2018,"display_summary":"Dawn Brancati sued Bi-State Development Agency d/b/a Metro and its employee Cedric K. Allen for personal injuries sustained in a bicycle-vehicle collision. A jury awarded Brancati $625,000, and the trial court limited Bi-State's liability to the statutory cap but declined to limit Allen's. On appeal, Appellants challenged the admissibility of medical bill evidence, the application of the sovereign immunity cap to the employee, the trial court's handling of discovery sanctions, and the refusal of a comparative-fault jury instruction. The appellate court affirmed the judgment in its entirety.","primaryTopic":"personal-injury","topicSlugs":["personal-injury","civil-procedure","governmental-immunity","evidence","jury-instructions"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=140113","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/dawn-brancati-respondent-v-bi-state-development-agency-dba-metro-and-cedr-106359","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: personal-injury","topic: personal-injury"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: jury-instructions","topic: evidence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"},{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":4,"source":"text","evidence":["text: employee"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"}],"role":"appellant"}]}