EARLEY v. DUNN

No. ED 110514.

670 S.W.3d 47 (2023)

Debbie M. EARLEY, Appellant, v. Mary V. DUNN, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION THREE.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 25, 2023.

Application for Transfer Denied July 20, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FOR APPELLANT: Douglas B. Ponder & Jaclyn M. Zimmermann , 20 South Sarah Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63108.

FOR RESPONDENT: Stephen J. Fields & Claire C. Kates , 34 North Meramec, 5th Floor, St. Louis, Missouri 63105.


I. Introduction

This appeal concerns the question of whether an employer owes a duty to protect its employees from the criminal acts of third parties solely by nature of the employer-employee relationship. Debbie Earley was sexually assaulted by Mary Dunn's grandson while working as an in-home caregiver in Dunn's...

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