LAWHON v. CITY OF SMITHVILLE

No. WD 37822.

715 S.W.2d 300 (1986)

Woodrow W. LAWHON, and Jerry E. Simpson, Appellants, v. CITY OF SMITHVILLE, and Smithville and Community Fire Fighting Association, Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

August 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Pickett, Kansas City, for Lawhon and Simpson.

Jerome E. Brant, Liberty, for Smithville & Community Fire Fighting Ass'n.

Daniel E. Hamann, Kansas City, for City of Smithville.

Before BERREY, P.J., and PRITCHARD and DIXON, JJ.


BERREY, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the circuit court's judgment on the pleadings in favor of the defendants, City of Smithville (hereinafter City) and the Smithville and Community Fire Fighting Association (hereinafter Fire Fighting Association). The issue on appeal is whether defendants waived their immunity to suit by purchasing liability insurance pursuant to § 71.185 RSMo 1978.1 This court affirms.

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