Missouri Court of Appeals, 2015

Scott v. Laux

Scott v. Laux
Missouri Court of Appeals · Decided March 10, 2015 · Hess, Hoff, Sullivan
457 S.W.3d 387; 2015 Mo. App. LEXIS 241; 2015 WL 1119551 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)

Scott v. Laux

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM

Loretta Scott (Plaintiff) appeals the Circuit Court of St. Louis County’s order and final judgment dismissing, with prejudice, her claims against Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company (Defendant). On appeal, Plaintiff asserts that the circuit court erred by granting Defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted because: (1) Plaintiff pleaded that § 376.590(2) establishes a principal-agent relationship between Defendant and the brokers and (2) Plaintiff pleaded adequate facts to support her claims for declaratory judgment and money had and received. Plaintiff also asserts that the circuit court abused its discretion by denying her leave to amend the pleadings. We affirm.

We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and have determined that an extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion only for the use of the parties setting forth the reason's for our decision. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).

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