Nelson v. Missouri Division of Family Services

MANFORD, Judge.

This is a civil action seeking actual and punitive damages upon alleged statutory and common law negligence. This appeal has been taken from a judgment in the form of an order of dismissal. The judgment is affirmed.

Four points are presented, which in summary charge that the trial court erred in (1) failing to acknowledge a civil cause of action under § 210.145, RSMo 1978, (2) barring the cause of action under the public duty rule, (3) failing to acknowledge a cause of action under the common-law rescue doctrine, and (4) barring the cause of action on the basis of sovereign…