Jackson v. City of Wentzville

REINHARD, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the order of the trial court dismissing their petition against the City of Wentzville and one of its police officers, for failure to state a cause of action. We affirm.

In determining whether plaintiffs have stated a cause of action, we accept every pleaded fact as true and take every favorable inference which may be reasonably drawn from the facts pleaded. Schutte v. Sitton, 729 S.W.2d 208, 209 (Mo.App.1987).

Plaintiffs premise their recovery oh the theory of negligent entrustment. Their petition alleged that the police officer, while on duty, observed Damian…