State ex rel. City of Bella Villa v. Nicholls

SATZ, Judge.

This is an action in prohibition. Relator, the City of Bella Villa, as defendant in a wrongful death action below, moved to have that action against it dismissed for improper venue. The respondent judge denied the motion, and relator seeks our writ to prohibit respondent from proceeding to trial. We have issued our preliminary writ and now make it permanent.

In January 1985, Howard Jones, a pedestrian, was struck and killed by a car being pursued by a police car driven by a Bella Villa police officer. The pursuit began in the City of Bella Villa and proceeded into the City of St.…