Jones v. State Highway Commission

SEILER, Judge.

Appellant Jones filed suit against the respondent state highway commission seeking damages for her personal injuries suffered in an automobile accident while traveling on one of the state’s highways. The circuit court sustained respondent’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted based upon respondent’s assertion of sovereign immunity as a bar to suit. Jones then appealed to the court of appeals, Kansas City district, which in turn transferred the cause on its own order to this court due to the questions of general interest and…