Legal Opinion
Tompkins v. Cervantes
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 30, 1996No. 68618PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUDLOWSKI, Judge.
This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a summary judgment awarded to defendant in a legal malpractice claim.
In the evening of May 30, 1981, Steven Tompkins, thirteen year old son of appellants herein, took the family Oldsmobile without permission. Young Steven and some friends were stopped at a public park in St. Louis in the early morning hours when a pair of police officers happened upon them. One of Steven’s companions had already had a brief exchange with the officers, and upon seeing them again, he informed Steven that the officers were looking for him and implored Steven…
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