TOMPKINS v. CERVANTES

No. 68618.

917 S.W.2d 186 (1996)

Ormayne TOMPKINS and Mary Lou Tompkins, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Leonard CERVANTES, Defendant/Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence D. Mass, Eli Karsh, Clayton, for Appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Brent W. Baldwin, Bruce J. Weingart, St. Louis, for Respondent.


PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a summary judgment awarded to defendant in a legal malpractice claim.

In the evening of May 30, 1981, Steven Tompkins, thirteen year old son of appellants herein, took the family Oldsmobile without permission. Young Steven and some friends were stopped at a public park in St. Louis in the early morning hours when a pair of police officers happened upon them. One of Steven's companions had already had a...

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