Legal Opinion
Pitts v. Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 25, 1975No. 36000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORWIN D. HOUSER, Special Judge.
This is an appeal by Shirley Marie Pitts from an order sustaining motions of defendants to dismiss her petition for wrongful death of her husband.
Appellant filed suit under § 508.010, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., against the State of Missouri, Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, Dr. Kathleen Smith, Superintendent of the center, and Dr. Charles M. Rich. The salient allegations of the petition follow: On March 8, 1973 plaintiffs husband, Lansing S. Pitts, Sr., while working at his employment, suddenly and without provocation was shot and killed as a result of gunshot…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Smith v. Consolidated School District No. 2Supreme Court of Missouri · 1966
- O'Dell Ex Rel. O'Dell v. School District of IndependenceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
- State Ex Rel. Eagleton v. HallSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- Rennie v. Belleview School DistrictSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
- Payne v. County of JacksonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Griffith v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- Bogart v. JackMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- State ex rel. Board of Public Utilities v. CrowMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
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