{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"meadowfresh-solutions-usa-llc-et-al-plaintiffs","displayName":"MEADOWFRESH SOLUTIONS USA, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs-","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35231:2019-09-06","opinionId":"a569ff5a-2b38-542f-8fb1-9dba08a20527","slug":"meadowfresh-solutions-usa-llc-et-al-plaintiffs-respondents-v-maple-grove-d35231","caseName":"MEADOWFRESH SOLUTIONS USA, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents\nv.\nMAPLE GROVE FARMS, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company et al., Defendants-Appellants","caseNumber":"SD35231","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2019-09-06","year":2019,"display_summary":"Meadowfresh Solutions USA, LLC, and the Fultons (Respondents) sued Maple Grove Farms, LLC, and its minority members (Appellants) over a dispute regarding the company's operating agreement, civil conspiracy, and malicious prosecution. The trial court entered judgment for Respondents after a jury trial, awarding over $7.3 million in damages. On appeal, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, affirmed the judgment, dismissing most of Appellants' points for procedural deficiencies and finding no merit in the preserved arguments concerning a directed verdict on breach of contract and a submissible case for malicious prosecution.","primaryTopic":"contracts","topicSlugs":["contracts","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure","other","jury-instructions"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=144168","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/meadowfresh-solutions-usa-llc-et-al-plaintiffs-respondents-v-maple-grove-d35231","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: jury-instructions","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"},{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35269:2019-02-04","opinionId":"3b521af7-2a14-5def-a5ac-66829d2c94e8","slug":"meadowfresh-solutions-usa-llc-et-al-plaintiffs-respondents-v-maple-grove-d35269","caseName":"MEADOWFRESH SOLUTIONS USA, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents\nvs.\nMAPLE GROVE FARMS, LLC, LEON RINEHART, TED DAHLSTROM, CAROL DAHLSTROM, CURTIS HALL, LISA HALL, and KYLE BOUNOUS, Defendants-Appellants","caseNumber":"SD35269","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2019-02-04","year":2019,"display_summary":"Maple Grove Farms, LLC and other defendants appealed a trial court order denying their motion to revoke or modify an interlocutory order appointing a receiver. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, dismissed the appeal, holding that the trial court's order was not appealable because it was not denominated a \"judgment\" or \"decree\" as required by Rule 74.01(a). The court followed Spiece v. Garland, clarifying that Sanford v. CenturyTel of Missouri, LLC did not implicitly overrule Spiece regarding the denomination requirement for appeals under section 512.020.","primaryTopic":"appellate-procedure","topicSlugs":["appellate-procedure","civil-procedure","other"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=136433","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/meadowfresh-solutions-usa-llc-et-al-plaintiffs-respondents-v-maple-grove-d35269","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"},{"slug":"corporate","label":"Corporate Law","href":"/practice-areas/corporate","score":6,"source":"text","evidence":["text: llc"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/corporate"}],"role":"respondent"}]}