Legal Opinion
Sherrill v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided June 30, 1983No. 64746PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMAR, Judge.
The plaintiff’s petition seeks damages for the wrongful death of her son, Chris Wright, at the hands of Gregory S. Corley, who had been committed to the St. Joseph State Hospital by order of the Juvenile Court of Jackson County, Missouri. 1
The defendants whom the plaintiff presently 2 seeks to hold are the State of Missouri; Beverly Wilson, Director of the Division of Mental Health; Nicholas Bartulica, Superintendent of the St. Joseph State Hospital; Richard K. Jacks, D.O., Chief of the Medical Staff of St. Joseph State Hospital; John Doe, a physician employed at the St.…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Martinez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- O'Connor v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Tarasoff v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Kanagawa v. State by and Through FreemanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- State Ex Rel. Twiehaus v. AdolfSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
- Ferree v. StateUtah Supreme Court · 1989
- Abrams v. Ohio Pacific ExpressSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
- Perreira v. StateSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
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