Opinion ID: 1624540
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: count iifalse imprisonment

Text: In Burnett v. Griffith, 739 S.W.2d 712 (Mo. banc 1987) (Burnett I), this Court ruled that East Hills, and presumably Belt Highway, were entitled to judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the false imprisonment count because the claim was submitted on a theory of respondeat superior and the jury found for their employee, Griffith. This ruling rested on the holding of McGinnis v. Chicago, R.I. & P. Ry. Co., 200 Mo. 347, 98 S.W. 590 (1906), which stands for the proposition that plaintiff could not recover on the theory of respondeat superior against the employers, East Hills and Belt Highway, as to this Count II, because their employee had been successful before the jury. Further, Burnett I stated that plaintiff to preserve the point of inconsistent verdicts (i.e. inconsistent as to the verdict in the assault claim) should under Douglass v. Safire, 712 S.W.2d 373 (Mo. banc 1986), have objected before the jury was discharged.