{"id":5564,"date":"2021-01-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2021-01-04T11:23:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:23:07","slug":"motion-for-summary-judgment-leaves-material-facts-in-genuine-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5564","title":{"rendered":"Motion for Summary Judgment Leaves Material Facts in Genuine Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/default-judgment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/default-judgment.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3872\" width=\"449\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/default-judgment.jpg 648w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/default-judgment-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In an action to enforce settlement, on a motion for summary judgment, movant included two documents naming different sums. Each party claimed that a different document constituted a settlement offer, movant the first and non-movant the second. Non-movant\u2019s response to the motion included a third letter showing acceptance of the second letter, raising a genuine dispute as to which of the first two letters constituted the offer of settlement, which was material to the claim. The state of the record therefore precluded summary judgment, circuit court erred in granting the motion, and Court of Appeals reverses and remands. \u00a0<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/file.jsp?id=171053\" target=\"_blank\"><em>NORMAN LAWS, Appellant vs. PROGRESSIVE DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent<\/em><\/a><br>Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District &#8211; SD36707<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Being sued? Contact our office at 816-524-4949 or you can visit our website at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/www.hoorfarlaw.com\/\">hoorfarlaw.com<\/a>\u00a0to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an action to enforce settlement, on a motion for summary judgment, movant included two documents naming different sums. Each party claimed that a different document constituted a settlement offer, movant the first and non-movant the second. Non-movant\u2019s response to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5564\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[267,736],"class_list":["post-5564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-attorney","tag-debt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5565,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions\/5565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}