{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"renwick-ware","displayName":"Renwick Ware","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed106009:2018-05-29","opinionId":"be9d4ddd-53af-5334-9041-23f2698cc2c4","slug":"universal-credit-acceptance-inc-assignee-of-instacredit-automart-responde-106009","caseName":"Universal Credit Acceptance, Inc., Assignee of Instacredit Automart, Respondent, vs. Renwick Ware, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED106009","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2018-05-29","year":2018,"display_summary":"Universal Credit Acceptance, Inc. (Plaintiff) sought a deficiency judgment against Renwick Ware (Defendant) for breach of contract. After a default judgment was set aside, Defendant filed counterclaims, and Plaintiff filed a voluntary dismissal. A successor judge granted Plaintiff's motion to reconsider a prior order, finding Defendant's counterclaims untimely and invalid, and dismissing them. The appellate court reversed, holding that Defendant's counterclaims were timely filed and not dismissed by Plaintiff's voluntary dismissal, and remanded the case for further proceedings on the counterclaims.","primaryTopic":"civil-procedure","topicSlugs":["civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","contracts"],"outcomeNorm":"dismissed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=125860","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/universal-credit-acceptance-inc-assignee-of-instacredit-automart-responde-106009","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"real-estate","label":"Real Estate","href":"/practice-areas/real-estate","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: real-estate"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/real-estate"},{"slug":"corporate","label":"Corporate Law","href":"/practice-areas/corporate","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: contracts"],"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: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}