NELSON v. CITY OF CHESTER, ILL.

No. 51642.

733 S.W.2d 28 (1987)

Phillip NELSON and Alice Nelson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHESTER, ILLINOIS, a Municipal Corporation, Russell A. Helmers and Dale G. Volle, Defendants-Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Southern Division.

June 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Hanlin, St. Louis, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kim Roger Moore, Perryville, for defendants-respondents.


DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal following the trial court's dismissal of their cause of action for wrongful death regarding the death of their son. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

In their petition, plaintiffs allege their son was killed in a one car accident as a result of a high speed police chase in Perry County, Missouri in which their son, the pursued driver, was chased by two policemen from the City of Chester, Illinois. In...

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