Healy v. City of Brentwood

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff-appellant, Rose Ann Healy, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County which dismissed Count II of her petition for failure to state a cause of action against defendant-respondent, Karen Adams. Adams, a St. Louis County Police officer, was accused in the petition of using excessive force when she arrested Healy.

After prohibition was denied by both the Missouri Court of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court, the trial court granted Adams’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action and designated it a final judgment for…