{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"cassandra-cox","displayName":"Cassandra Cox","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd85350:2023-02-07","opinionId":"3ea84599-e5b4-5767-a348-2721a381374b","slug":"cassandra-cox-v-callaway-county-sheriffs-department-et-al-d85350","caseName":"Cassandra Cox\nvs. \nCallaway County Sheriff's Department, et al.","caseNumber":"WD85350","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2023-02-07","year":2023,"display_summary":"Cassandra Cox sued Callaway County and fourteen correctional officers for negligence after experiencing a cardiac event while detained at the county jail. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding them entitled to official and sovereign immunity, and that proximate cause was not established. The appellate court affirmed the summary judgment, concluding that Cox failed to properly preserve her arguments regarding official immunity and that Callaway County's sovereign immunity was not waived by its insurance policy's disclaimer provision.","primaryTopic":"governmental-immunity","topicSlugs":["governmental-immunity","civil-procedure","summary-judgment","negligence"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=192114","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/cassandra-cox-v-callaway-county-sheriffs-department-et-al-d85350","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: personal-injury","topic: negligence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":16,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: summary-judgment","text: summary judgment"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}