Legal Opinion
Peterson v. Foley
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 1, 2018No. 2017-SC-000028-DGPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM
This case arises from the death of an inmate. The legal issue concerns the duties of jail personnel to protect inmates in their custody. In a split decision, the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the jail personnel. For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.
Background
On November 28, 2011, Peggy McWhorter pled guilty in Russell District Court to a drug-related second offense D.U.I., for which she had been arrested the previous month. McWhorter received a sentence of…
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