Section 7 Mobile Homes, Etc.

• Library: Damages 2012

Damages to most other items of personalty will follow the diminution in value formula. See MAI 4.02 [1980 Revision]. Mobile home owners are entitled to loss-of-use damages, even if the after-value of the property is zero. Bridgeforth v. Proffitt, 490 S.W.2d 416 (Mo. App. S.D. 1973); Smart v. Tidwell Indus., Inc., 668 S.W.2d 605 (Mo. App. E.D. 1984). In Weindel v. DeSoto Rural Fire Protection Ass’n, Inc., 765 S.W.2d 712 (Mo. App. E.D. 1989), abrogated on other grounds by Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. v....