Court Opinion

ID: 9680793
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:38:42.018984+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:30.547034
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ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge,
Presiding, concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur in the opinion of Judge Higgins except insofar as it affirms the judgment for punitive damages against the appellant Jones. In my opinion, the act charged against the appellant, i. e., the failure “to see that Eva Jane Parker was buried in the two-piece vault * * * ” did not amount to a showing of “complete indifference to or conscious disregard for the emotional well being [of plaintiffs] * * *The conduct charged did, in my opinion, amount only to negligence, insufficient to justify an award of punitive damages. Warner v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 428 S.W.2d 596, 603—604[15—19] (Mo.1968).