Gasper v. St. Charles County

AHRENS, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Shirley and John Gasper, appeal from the trial court’s dismissal with prejudice of their petition against defendants, St. Charles County and Washington University, for failure to commence suit within one year after nonsuit pursuant to § 516.230 RSMo 1986. We reverse and remand.

The essential facts are not in dispute. Plaintiffs filed a petition in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis seeking damages for injuries Mrs. Gasper sustained when she fell on a sidewalk maintained by St. Charles County on October 1, 1985. The petition also sought damages for injuries…