Section 4.32 Admissions and Abandoned Pleadings

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I. (§4.32) Admissions and Abandoned Pleadings

Care should be taken in drafting pleadings because the allegations or admissions of fact contained in pleadings upon which the case is tried are binding on the pleader. Buatte v. Gencare Health Sys., Inc., 939 S.W.2d 440 (Mo. App. E.D. 1996); Rauch Lumber Co. v. Medallion Dev. Corp., 808 S.W.2d 10 (Mo. App. E.D. 1991). A plaintiff is bound by the allegations of the plaintiff’s pleadings. Ferrier-Harris, Ltd. v. Sanders, 905 S.W.2d 123 (Mo. App. E.D. 1995)...