Bell v. St. Louis County

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant-Cross Claimant, The Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan’s Asylum of St. Louis a/k/a St. Joseph’s Home for Boys (St. Joseph’s), appeals the dismissal of its cross-claim against defendant, St. Louis County, Missouri (the County). We remand with directions.

On August 23, 1993, Perry Bell filed a wrongful death action in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis naming the County, St. Joseph’s, Catholic Charities of St. Louis, and *719the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis as defendants. All defendants except St. Louis County were alleged to be residents of the City of…