S.M.H. v. SCHMITT

No. SC 98675.

618 S.W.3d 531 (2021)

S.M.H., Respondent, v. Eric SCHMITT, Attorney General of the State of Missouri, and Sarah Steelman, Commissioner of Administration, State of Missouri, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The state was represented by Katherine S. Walsh , Solicitor General D. John Sauer and Jesus A. Osete of the attorney general's office in Jefferson City, (573) 751-3321.

S.M.H. was represented by Stephen M. Gorney and Christopher D. Dandurand of The Gorny Law Firm LC in Kansas City, (816) 756-5071; and Mary Doerhoff Winter of Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson, Rader PC in Jefferson City, (573) 659-4454.


S.M.H. seeks compensation from Missouri's Legal Expense Fund to satisfy a default judgment against an employee of the St. Louis Public School District. Because the St. Louis Public School District is not an "agency of the state," the Legal Expense Fund has no obligation to satisfy the default judgment entered against district...

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