Legal Opinion
P.L.S. ex rel. Shelton v. Koster
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 13, 2011No. WD 73275PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.
This case presents the issue of whether the holder of a judgment obtained against a school district’s former bus driver is entitled to collect that judgment from the State Legal Expense Fund, established by section 105.711 RSMo.1
Factual Background
In the fall of 2006, Robert Griffith, a school bus driver for the Doniphan R-I School District, molested a four-year-old preschool girl (“the Child” or “the Plaintiff”) while she was on the school bus. Griffith was prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced to incarceration. The Child, through her mother and next friend, sued…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Yarber v. McHenrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1995
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