Woods v. Kelley

SMART, Judge.

On September 11, 1993, Max R. Woods was killed and his wife, Margie Nadine Woods, was injured in an automobile collision on Highway 150, within the city limits of Grandview, Missouri. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision, Catherine Kelley, was a member of the Grandview Board of Aldermen. Kelley also was a volunteer at Shelton House, a historic home owned by the city of Grandview. Margie Nadine Woods, the surviving spouse of Max Woods, and Kimberly and Derek Woods, the surviving children of Max Woods, filed a wrongful death suit against Catherine Kelley. Mrs.…