Warren v. State

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Walter Warren brought suit against the State of Missouri and various prison officials for injuries he alleges he sustained when a table saw he was using in the prison furniture factory kicked back and struck him because it lacked a safety guard. We affirm the trial court’s grant of the individual prison officials’ motions to dismiss based on the official immunity doctrine. We reverse the trial court’s grant of the State of Missouri’s motion to dismiss, however. Mr. Warren’s claim falls directly within the State’s waiver of immunity for injuries caused by a dangerous…