Shaver v. First Union Realty Management, Inc.

EUGENE E. REEVES, Special Judge.

This appeal is taken from a summary judgment entered against plaintiffs-appellants, Floyd Hayward Shaver and Mary Sayles Shaver, by the Circuit Court of Greene County, Missouri. Plaintiffs had filed a common law tort claim against defendant-respondent, First Union Realty Management, Inc., alleging that plaintiff, Floyd Shaver, was injured as a result of various unsafe conditions in an air shaft in a building owned by defendant. Defendant asserted in its answer that the tort cause of action was barred by the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law, Chapter…