Sanchez v. Missouri Div. of Youth Services

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff, by and through her next friend, brought an action against defendant agency for personal injuries she received while on defendant’s premises. Plaintiff was sixteen months old when a sign fell from defendant’s building and fractured her skull. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s petition for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We affirm.

Plaintiff did not, and apparently in good faith could not, allege defendant possessed liability insurance. In order for a public entity to waive sovereign immunity under §§…