Smith v. State

RONNIE L. WHITE, Judge.

Respondents, who include commissioners of the St. Louis Board of Police (“Board”) and St. Louis police officers, brought this action seeking a declaration that the State is required to defend them and to pay judgments against them in lawsuits where they are sued for actions taken in the course of their duties as officials or employees of the police board. The trial court declared that the Board is a state agency and that its members and the police officers it supervises are entitled to State Legal Expense Fund (“LEF”) coverage. 1 This Court granted transfer after…