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STATE EX REL. HELMS v. RATHERT

No. SC 98711.

624 S.W.3d 159 (2021)

STATE EX REL. Officer Sergeant Dirk HELMS and Chief Joe Edwards, Relators, v. The Honorable Joseph Alfred RATHERT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued June 15, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helms was represented by Blake D. Hill of Hellmich, Hill & Retter LLC in Kirkwood, (314) 646-1110.

Edwards was represented by David C. Berwin of Evans & Dixon LLC in St. Louis, (314) 552-4046.

The father was represented by John P. Guletz of Rossiter & Booock LLC in St. Louis, (314) 754-1500; and Bhavani Raveendran of Romanucci & Blandin LLC in Chicago, Illinois, (312) 458-1000.

Lonnie Decker ("Mr. Decker") filed a petition for wrongful death against Sergeant Dirk Helms ("Sergeant Helms") and Chief Joe Edwards ("Chief Edwards") of the De Soto Police Department and several other defendants following the death of Mr. Decker's daughter, Lillian Flath ("Ms. Flath"). Ms. Flath was a passenger in a vehicle...

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