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STATE EX REL. CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. RYAN

No. 71217.

776 S.W.2d 13 (1989)

STATE ex rel. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Relator, v. Honorable Brendan RYAN, Judge, Circuit Court, St. Louis City, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen D. Haskins, Asst. City Counselor, James J. Wilson, City Counselor, St. Louis, for relator.

Loretta W. Moore, Charles L. Wiest, St. Louis, for respondent.

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Relator, the City of St. Louis (the City), invokes sovereign immunity and seeks a writ of prohibition precluding the respondent trial judge from permitting the plaintiffs in an underlying tort action to proceed against it. The petition alleges, inter alia, a dangerous condition at a housing project operated by the St. Louis Housing Authority (the Authority) that resulted in the wrongful death of a tenant; plaintiffs' suit claims that the City's charter...

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