MILLER BY & THROUGH MILLER v. STATE

No. 52450.

731 S.W.2d 885 (1987)

Monica MILLER, a minor, By and Through Stanley R. MILLER, her parent and natural guardian, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

June 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy M. Smith, James B. Herd, Deeba, Sauter & Herd, St. Louis, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Ruth A. Przybeck, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, for respondent.


CRIST, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment finding the state of Missouri not liable, by reason of sovereign immunity, for the alleged wrongful death of her mother (decedent) on February 20, 1984. We affirm.

Decedent was admitted, as a voluntary patient, to St. Louis State Hospital in April 1983. On December 14, 1983, decedent, on the recommendation of her treatment team, transferred to CARES House, Inc., a privately owned less restrictive mental...

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