Trial court lacks authority to raise judgment

A trial court that awarded a personal-injury plaintiff a $250,000 default judgment did not have the authority to do so because the plaintiff's petition requested an amount "in excess of $25,000 and less than $75,000."On Tuesday, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, reduced the damage award to $74,999 and affirmed, as modified, the St. ...

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Trial court lacks authority to raise judgment

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