{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"randall-e-burns-et-al","displayName":"Randall E. Burns, et al","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd81828:2019-10-29","opinionId":"1e8ee977-0055-56a8-90cb-c099ba8fa043","slug":"randall-e-burns-et-al-v-jason-taylor-et-al-d81828","caseName":"Randall E. Burns, et al\nvs.\nJason Taylor, et al","caseNumber":"WD81828","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2019-10-29","year":2019,"display_summary":"Randall Burns, Amanda Burns, and the Estate of Nicole Burns appealed a judgment against Randall for battery, awarding Jason Taylor $50,000 in actual and $50,000 in punitive damages, and the denial of their motion for new trial. The Burnses raised five points of error, including juror nondisclosure, witness exclusion as a discovery sanction, violation of the witness exclusionary rule, evidentiary errors regarding a redacted document, and excessive damages. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed the circuit court's judgment, finding no reversible error in any of the points raised.","primaryTopic":"civil-procedure","topicSlugs":["civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","evidence","jury-instructions","personal-injury"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=145933","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/randall-e-burns-et-al-v-jason-taylor-et-al-d81828","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","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}