STATE EX. REL. CITY OF JENNINGS v. Riley

STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Judge.

This case presents the question of where venue lies to bring a tort action against a municipality. Relator, City of Jennings, is a defendant in an underlying wrongful death action filed in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis and based on the alleged negligence of a Jennings police officer. Decedent was killed in an automobile collision following a high speed chase in which the police officer pursued decedent from Jennings (located in St. Louis County) to the City of St. Louis, where the collision occurred. Relator filed a motion to transfer venue from…