Chubb Group of Insurance Companies v. C.F. Murphy & Associates, Inc.

NUGENT, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the trial court’s dismissal of counts one through five of their nine-count petition for failure to state a cause of action for damages arising from the collapse of the roof of the R. Crosby Kemper Memorial Center (hereinafter Kemper Arena). All five of the dismissed counts relate to all defendants except the city of Kansas City. Counts I and II allege negligence in the construction and design of Kemper Arena and seek recovery for the plaintiffs’ loss of their right to use and occupy the arena. Count III seeks to hold the defendants strictly liable for…