GAMACHE v. MISSOURI HIGHWAY AND TRANSP.

No. WD 37855.

712 S.W.2d 734 (1986)

Joanne GAMACHE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSOURI HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

July 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Johnson, Leritz, Reinert & Duree, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bruce A. Ring, Chief Counsel, Jefferson City, Tana K. Van Hamme, Asst. Counsel, Missouri Highway and Transp. Com'n, for defendant-respondent.

Before CLARK, C.J., and TURNAGE and KENNEDY, JJ.


TURNAGE, Judge.

Joanne Gamache filed suit against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission alleging that she was injured when she fell through a defective grating which covered a sewer opening on the shoulder of Interstate 70. The court granted the Commission's motion for summary judgment on the ground the cause of action was barred by sovereign immunity. Gamache contends the legislature amended two statutes in...

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