Casey ex rel. Morgan v. Florence Construction Co.

SPINDEN, Judge.

Terri Casey died in 1994 when the motorcycle she was riding crashed headon with a pickup in a construction area in Independence. Her children and parents filed a wrongful death suit against Florence Construction Company, the general contractor for the highway construction project. Florence Construction filed a motion for summary judgment which the circuit court granted. Casey’s children and parents appeal. We reverse and remand.

The crash occurred on Mo. 291 on March 13, 1994, when Jeanette Mclntire drove her pickup southbound across the highway’s center line into a lane…