Legal Opinion

City of Lee's Summit v. Missouri Public Entity Risk Management

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 26, 2012No. WD 74967PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judge.

The City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, (City) appeals from summary judgment entered in favor of Missouri Public Entity Risk Management (MOPERM) declaring that MOPERM had no duty to defend or indemnify the City in a § 1983 suit brought by Theodore "White against the City’s employee. The judgment is affirmed.

Background

The material facts are uncontroverted and are as follows. In April 1998, following an investigation by Lee’s Summit Detective Richard McKinley, Lee’s Summit police arrested Theodore White on suspicion of molesting his adopted daughter. White’s wife, Tina,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  3. National Casualty Co. v. McFatridgeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
  4. Wood v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. City Of Erie, Pennsylvania v. Guaranty National Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  5. Kretsinger Real Estate Company and American Central Transport, Inc. v. Amerisure Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2016

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