SHERRILL v. WILSON

No. 64746.

653 S.W.2d 661 (1983)

Marlene SHERRILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Beverly WILSON, et al., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

June 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Barr, Walter R. Simpson, Kansas City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hon. John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Maria A. Kendro, Joann Leykam, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for defendants-respondents.


BLACKMAR, Judge.

The plaintiff's petition seeks damages for the wrongful death of her son, Chris Wright, at the hands of Gregory S. Corley, who had been committed to the St. Joseph State Hospital by order of the Juvenile Court of Jackson County, Missouri.1

The defendants whom the plaintiff presently2 seeks to hold are the State of Missouri; Beverly Wilson, Director of the Division of Mental Health;...

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