Stottle v. Brown Group, Inc.

CROW, Judge.

Plaintiffs Scott R. Stottle, Glenn A. Stot-tle and Minnie I. Stottle appeal from a trial court order dismissing with prejudice their petition against defendant Brown Group, Inc., for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

Slightly paraphrased, Count I of the two-count petition pled: (1) on April 25, 1986, defendant held a meeting of its top management staff — some 20 people — at a resort in Taney County, (2) the meeting was an annual event, (3) all of defendant’s employees at the meeting were on duty within the course and scope of their employment by defendant,…