Court Opinion

ID: 9641454
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:32:20.762307+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:50:24.605388
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BARDGETT, Presiding Judge
(concurring in result).
I concur in the result reached in this case on the grounds that plaintiff failed to elicit sufficient evidence so as to permit of a jury finding that Cook was acting within the scope of his employment when, at 4:00 a. m., Cook accidentally came in contact with plaintiff in a cafe and undertook to collect a debt due his employer, the defendant. It is my understanding that the foregoing is, in part, the basis for the result reached in the opinion of Seiler, J. In my opinion, it is not necessary to reach the question of whether or not the specific conduct of Cook was, under the facts of this case, so “outrageous” as to preclude recovery under Wellman v. Pacer Oil Co., 504 S.W.2d 55 (Mo. 1973).