Section 18.19 Partial Destruction or Repair

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C. (§18.19) Partial Destruction or Repair

The general measure of damages for tortious injury to real property is the difference between the fair market value before and after the injury or the cost of restoring the property, whichever is the lesser amount. See:

· Twin Chimneys Homeowners Ass’n v. J.E. Jones Constr. Co., 168 S.W.3d 488, 503 (Mo. App. E.D. 2005)

· Leonard Missionary Baptist Church v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 42 S.W.3d 833, 836 (Mo. App. E.D. 2001)

· Dubinsky v. United States Elevator Corp., 22 S.W.3d 747, 751 (Mo. App. E.D. 2000)

· Culver-Stockton Coll. v. Mo. Power & Light Co., 690 S.W.2d 168, 172 (Mo. App. E.D. 1985)

But cost of repair is an appropriate measure of damages in certain...