Legal Opinion
Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. Kansas City Cold Storage, Inc.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 22, 1997No. WD 52474PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWENSTEIN, Judge.'
The issue presented here is: Can a party sued in negligence for damages obtain a comparative fault instruction, and can a jury reduce the damages to the extent of state’s fault?
The facts underlying this action for damages involve a March 1990 fire which was started by vagrants and caused property damage to the Kansas City Cold Storage (Cold Storage) facility and the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission’s, (the Commission’s), newly constructed 3rd Street southbound off-ramp of the Heart of America Bridge in Kansas City. The Commission filed suit against Cold…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. MottoloDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1985
- Bayne v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- State v. WeatherbySupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- French v. Missouri Highway & Transportation CommissionMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
- State v. ShinkleOregon Supreme Court · 1962
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- Balke v. Central Missouri Electric CooperativeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
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