Naucke v. Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund

RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge.

Appellants Charles Naucke and John Duvall appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of respondent Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund (MO-PERM). Naucke and Duvall had brought suit against MOPERM seeking to recover the punitive damage portions of judgments granted against a city employee covered by the Fund. MOPERM had voluntarily paid the compensatory damages and attorney fee portions of appellants’ judgments. MOPERM sought summary judgment on the basis that punitive damages were not encompassed within Fund coverage or, in the alternative, that such…