DAVIS v. LAMBERT-ST. LOUIS INTERN. AIRPORT

No. SC 87138.

193 S.W.3d 760 (2006)

Lee DAVIS, Respondent, v. LAMBERT-ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT and William Powell, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

June 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Emerson, Patricia A. Hageman, Edward J. Hanlon, Office of Vity Counselor, St. Louis, for Appellants.

Mary L. Bruntrager, Charles H. Billings, St. Louis, for Respondent.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Robert Presson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Amicus Curiae State of Mo.

Leland F. Dempsey, Kansas City, for Amicus Curiae Missouri Association of Trial Attys.


MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Chief Justice.

Is a governmental entity that is subject to liability for automobile accidents by statute shielded from liability if its employee has official immunity from personal liability?

Factual Background

The City of St. Louis owns and operates the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. William Powell is a police officer for the airport. While Powell was responding to an emergency call on airport property, his police vehicle...

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