Legal Opinion
Kurz v. City of St. Louis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided September 23, 1986No. 51090PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRIST, Judge.
Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of her personal injury petition against the City of St. Louis, on the ground the City was protected by sovereign immunity. We affirm.
The Missouri Supreme Court abrogated the doctrine of sovereign immunity in 1977. Jones v. State Highway Comm’n, 557 S.W.2d 225 (Mo. banc 1977). The next year, in 1978, the legislature re-enacted sovereign immunity, §§ 537.600-610, RSMo (1978), which expressly waived the protection in automobile cases and in cases where injury was caused by the dangerous condition of public property. In 1983, the Missouri Supreme Court…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jones v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- Bartley v. Special School District of St. Louis CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
- State Ex Rel. St. Louis Housing Authority v. GaertnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- State Ex Rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. AppelquistMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- Yount v. Bd. of Educ. for City of St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Wilkes v. Missouri Highway & Transportation CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1988
- State ex rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. RyanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- Asher v. Department of Corrections & Human ResourcesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- Miller ex rel. Miller v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- Orlando v. St. Louis CountyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
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