Conner v. Crawford County

BILLINGS, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Lawrence F. Conner’s petition for damages for defendant Crawford County’s alleged negligent maintenance of a county road in 1975 was dismissed by the trial court because of defendant’s sovereign immunity from tort liability. We affirm.

Plaintiff filed suit in 1975 and defendant filed its motion to dismiss, contending plaintiff’s petition failed to state a cause of action because of the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Thereafter, and while the motion to dismiss was pending, our Supreme Court decided Jones v. State Highway Com*533mission, 557 S.W.2d 225 (Mo. banc…