{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"lowther-johnson-attorneys-at-law-llc-defendant","displayName":"LOWTHER JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LLC, Defendant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd34662:2019-04-30","opinionId":"32fbea2e-deed-597b-b18d-2a4bd628fc44","slug":"premium-investments-llc-plaintiff-appellant-v-lowther-johnson-attorneys-a-d34662","caseName":"PREMIUM INVESTMENTS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant\nv.\nLOWTHER JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LLC, Defendant-Respondent","caseNumber":"SD34662","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2019-04-30","year":2019,"display_summary":"Premium Investments, LLC, sued Lowther Johnson, Attorneys at Law, LLC, for legal malpractice, alleging inadequate advice regarding an estoppel certificate in a real estate lease transaction. The trial court granted summary judgment for Lowther Johnson, finding Premium could not prove causation for its alleged damages. The appellate court affirmed, holding that Premium failed to establish the causation element of its legal malpractice claim because it was contractually obligated to provide the certificate, its delay did not affect the transaction, and it could not have prevented the underlying sale.","primaryTopic":"other","topicSlugs":["other","summary-judgment","civil-procedure","contracts","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=139839","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/premium-investments-llc-plaintiff-appellant-v-lowther-johnson-attorneys-a-d34662","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"corporate","label":"Corporate Law","href":"/practice-areas/corporate","score":18,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: contracts","text: llc"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/corporate"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: summary-judgment","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"},{"slug":"real-estate","label":"Real Estate","href":"/practice-areas/real-estate","score":4,"source":"text","evidence":["text: real estate","text: lease"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/real-estate"}],"role":"respondent"}]}