Legal Opinion
Junior College District of St. Louis v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided November 23, 2004No. SC 85583PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAURA DENYIR STITH, Judge.
The Junior College District of St. Louis (the College) brought a negligence action against the city of St. Louis (the City) for damages arising out of a 1997 flood of part of the college campus caused by water escaping from the College’s fire suppression water pipe running between the College and the City’s water main. Under stipulated facts, the trial court found the City’s water division had a duty to keep water shut-off valves owned by the College accessible, that the water division was negligent in not marking or warning where the shut-off valves were located…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Hoover's Dairy, Inc. v. Mid-America Dairymen, Inc./Special Products, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- Lopez v. Three Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2000
- Schroeder Ex Rel. Schroeder v. HorackSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Wollard v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
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3Cited by38 opinions
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