STEED v. MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL

No. 20-2183.

2 F.4th 767 (2021)

Lavoy Savalas STEED, BY AND THROUGH next friend Toya STEED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL; Brent J. Fowler, MO State Trooper #782 (in his individual and official capacity); J. A. Ashby, Trooper #234 (in his individual and official capacity), Defendants-Appellees. City of Pevely, Missouri; Kyle M. Weiss, Sergeant #778 (in his individual and official capacity); Brian Benjamin, Police Officer #780 (in his individual and official capacity), Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Bent , Bent Law Firm, Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert J. Isaacson , Assistant Attorney General, Michael E. Talent , Deputy Solicitor, Attorney General's Office, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KELLY, GRASZ, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


Jerome Goode led police on a twenty-five-mile car chase that ended in his death and the deaths of passengers Lavoy Steed and Leon Haywood. One passenger, Presiada Hayes, survived. Steed's next friend filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Missouri State Troopers Brent Fowler and J.A. Ashby alleging that the traffic...

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