Allen v. City of St. Louis

GARY M. GAERTNER, SR., Presiding Judge.

Appellants, Gordon and Nancy Allen (“Allen”), appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, dismissing Allen’s suit against respondent, City of St. Louis (“City”). We reverse and remand.

On April 3, 1998, Allen was involved in an auto collision on Interstate 70, just west of Union Boulevard. Allen’s vehicle was a Mercedes Benz 1983 SL Roadster. Such vehicles must be towed from the rear of the vehicle. Following the collision, City towed Allen’s vehicle to the Metropolitan Police Department parking garage (“garage”) located at…