Legal Opinion

Delmain v. Meramec Valley R-III School District

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 22, 1984No. 47713PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs filed a negligence action against defendant school district. School district moved to dismiss the petition for three reasons: the petition failed to state a claim for relief; school district is immune from any such action due to its sovereignty; and plaintiffs’ theories for relief did not fall within any exception to the rule of sovereign immunity. The trial court granted school district’s motion for the reasons stated therein. We reverse and remand.

The trial court’s dismissal of an action will be sustained on appeal if any ground supports the motion,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jones v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
  2. Scheibel v. HillisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  3. Bartley v. Special School District of St. Louis CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  4. State Ex Rel. Allen v. BarkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  5. Smith v. Consolidated School District No. 2Supreme Court of Missouri · 1966

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Alexander v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1988
  2. Property Exchange & Sales, Inc. v. BozarthMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. Property Exchange & Sales, Inc. v. KingMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
  4. Warren v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. Kaplan v. Centerre Trust Co. of St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987

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