Hayes v. City of Kansas City

In the circuit court of Jackson County, Missouri, appellant filed an action for personal injuries she received by being struck by a truck operated by the city while backing in a southerly direction in an alley of respondent. At the close of all the evidence the trial court gave an instruction directing a verdict for the respondent city on the sole ground that the employee operating the truck was engaged in cleaning the public alley, which was a governmental function, for which respondent was not liable for the negligence of its employees.

This alley runs east and west, and is between Vine and…