STANLEY v. CITY OF INDEPENDENCE

No. 81235.

995 S.W.2d 485 (1999)

Jerry STANLEY and Justin Stanley, Appellants, v. CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie J. Gibson, Michael D. Matteuzzi, Kansas City, for Appellants.

David S. Baker, Kansas City, for Respondents.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. General, James R. Layton, Assistant Attorney General, Theodore A. Bruce, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, for Amicus Curiae State of Missouri.

Robert O. Jester, Sharon Kennedy, Kansas City, for Amicus Curiae Adair County Sheriff's Department.

Ivan L. Schraeder, St. louis, for Amicus Curiae Missouri Police Chiefs Association and Missouri Municipal League.

Dale H. Close, Lisa S. Morris, Robert M. Schrieber, Kansas City, for Amicus Curiae Kansas City Police Department and Missouri Police Officer's Association.


DUANE BENTON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs sued the city of Independence and police officer Leonard Hill for the wrongful death of Michael and Daniel Stanley. The circuit court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs appeal only as to the city. After opinion by the court of appeals, this Court granted transfer. Mo. Const. art. V, sec. 10. Affirmed.

This Court reviews the record in the light most favorable to the party against whom summary...

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