Bartley v. Special School District of St. Louis County

GUNN, Judge.

This appeal focuses on sovereign immunity as prescribed by § 537.600 and 537.610, RSMo 1978. The issue is whether sovereign immunity is waived by maintaining liability insurance. The trial court sustained defendant-respondent’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, affirmed the trial court’s action. This Court granted transfer, now considering plaintiff’s appeal as originally taken here. Mo.Const. art. V, § 10. We affirm.

The facts as taken from the Eastern District’s opinion written by Judge Crist are plain…