Prewitt v. Parkway School District
Supreme Court of Missouri
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
- Jones v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- Kansas City v. School Dist. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
- School District of Oakland v. School District of JoplinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
- State Ex Rel. Brickey v. NolteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
3Cited by9 opinions
- Jones v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- Hill Ex Rel. Hill v. BolesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Ohio Valley Contractors v. BOARD OF ED., ETC.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- Strong v. Curators of the University of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
- Conner v. Crawford CountyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
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