Wollard v. City of Kansas City

COVINGTON, Justice.

Plaintiffs Martha Wollard and her husband, Elwood Wollard, appeal a judgment in which the trial court applied the damage limitation contained in § 537.610.2, RSMo 1986, to the verdict returned by the jury, thereby reducing Mrs. Wollard’s recovery to $100,000. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed. This Court granted transfer to consider whether § 537.610.2 applies to verdicts rendered against municipal corporations sued for torts arising out of their proprietary functions. Affirmed.

Mrs. Wollard slipped and fell on property owned by the City of Kansas…