{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"city-of-harrisonville-missouri-respondent/cross","displayName":"City of Harrisonville, Missouri, Respondent/Cross-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"mo:sc99273:2022-12-20","opinionId":"6f158a8f-10cc-5d10-8a75-99942d7eb81d","slug":"city-of-harrisonville-missouri-respondentcross-appellant-v-the-board-of-t-c99273","caseName":"City of Harrisonville, Missouri, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, vs. The Board of Trustees of the MO Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund in their Official Capacity, Appellant/Cross-Respondent.","caseNumber":"SC99273","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2022-12-20","year":2022,"display_summary":"The City of Harrisonville sued the Board of Trustees of the MO Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund for fraud, seeking punitive damages after a prior appeal established the Fund was not a legal entity. The circuit court awarded $8 million in punitive damages against the Board. On appeal, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed, holding that the Board is a state agency entitled to sovereign immunity from tort claims, and no exception to immunity applied. The Court also found the Board had not waived its immunity defense, nor was it precluded by the law of the case doctrine.","primaryTopic":"governmental-immunity","topicSlugs":["governmental-immunity","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","other"],"outcomeNorm":"reversed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=191353","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/city-of-harrisonville-missouri-respondentcross-appellant-v-the-board-of-t-c99273","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}