Legal Opinion

Prewitt v. Parkway School District

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided September 12, 1977No. 59958PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEILER, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing her petition for damages with prejudice on the ground her cause of action is barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Plaintiff pleaded she was injured in a slip and fall on a wet floor in a school building she had entered to register for night classes. 1 She alleged the moisture created a dangerous condition due to defendant’s negligent failure to exercise the care owed her as a business invitee and that such negligence proximately caused her injuries. In a two to one opinion, the court of appeals, St. Louis district, affirmed…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jones v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
  2. Kansas City v. School Dist. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
  3. School District of Oakland v. School District of JoplinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
  4. State Ex Rel. Brickey v. NolteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Jones v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
  2. Hill Ex Rel. Hill v. BolesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  3. Ohio Valley Contractors v. BOARD OF ED., ETC.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Strong v. Curators of the University of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. Conner v. Crawford CountyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979

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