Debra Southers, Appellants v. City of Farmington, Missouri, Respondents

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment for the individual officers because their emergency-pursuit, supervisory, and policy-related conduct was protected by official immunity and the public duty doctrine. It reversed summary judgment for the City because the motor-vehicle waiver of sovereign immunity applied to claims arising from Officer Ratliff's operation of the police vehicle, and because the record was insufficient to determine whether insurance waived immunity for claims based on the conduct of Officer Lacey and Chief Baker. The case was remanded for further consideration of the City's potential statutory or insurance-based immunity waivers.