Lotus Hospitality Management, LLC, et al. Missouri Cases

Reyna Hotel Corporation and North Kansas City Hotel Corporation (Plaintiff Hotels) sued Lotus Hospitality Management, LLC, et al. (Defendants) for tortious interference with a business expectancy and conversion after Defendants, managing a Kansas City homeless housing program, refused to pay Plaintiff Hotels' invoices. A jury found for Plaintiff Hotels, and the trial court entered judgment. On appeal, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, reversed the judgment on the tortious interference claim and remanded for a new trial, holding that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the Defendants' agency affirmative defense. The judgment was affirmed in all other respects.