Kinder v. Missouri Department of Corrections

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

The appellant, Gloria Kinder, an inmate in the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) system, was injured when a van driven by an employee of the DOC went off of the highway and overturned. The trial court sustained the DOC’s motion for summary judgment which stated that the one-year statute of limitation contained in § 516.145, RSMo 1994, 1 applied thus bar ring Kinder’s claim. Because this court finds that § 516.145 is the applicable statute of limitation, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Factual and Procedural History

On April 21, 1993, Lillian Vaughn, a…