{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"st-louis-county-et-al","displayName":"St. Louis County, et al.","totalCases":4},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed112661:2025-03-04","opinionId":"e6fee4db-5cab-59d8-8e6e-ee4eae07b8d1","slug":"joshua-lasley-respondent-v-st-louis-county-et-al-appellants-112661","caseName":"Joshua Lasley, Respondent, vs. St. Louis County, et al., Appellants.","caseNumber":"ED112661","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2025-03-04","year":2025,"display_summary":"Joshua Lasley, a St. Louis County police officer, appealed a disciplinary action, but the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners sought to delegate his appeal to a hearing officer. Lasley filed for a writ of prohibition, arguing the Board lacked authority to delegate. The trial court issued a permanent writ, which the Board appealed, also arguing the case was moot. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, holding that the Board lacks explicit authority to delegate disciplinary appeal hearings and that a justiciable controversy remained, thus the case was not moot.","primaryTopic":"administrative-law","topicSlugs":["administrative-law","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=218093","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/joshua-lasley-respondent-v-st-louis-county-et-al-appellants-112661","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":20,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"},{"caseId":"moappd:ed111474:2024-04-09","opinionId":"fe990eeb-27f6-5be2-bb9c-5df100db1123","slug":"lauren-neil-et-al-appellants-v-st-louis-county-et-al-respondents-111474","caseName":"Lauren Neil, et al., Appellants, vs. St. Louis County, et al., Respondents.","caseNumber":"ED111474","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2024-04-09","year":2024,"display_summary":"Lauren Neil's family sued St. Louis County police officers after their decedent, Mikel Neil, died in a high-speed police chase. The trial court granted summary judgment for the officers, finding no duty owed, no proximate causation, and protection by official immunity and the public duty doctrine. The appellate court affirmed, holding that police officers do not owe a statutory or common law duty of care to fleeing motorists.","primaryTopic":"negligence","topicSlugs":["negligence","civil-procedure","governmental-immunity","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=207114","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/lauren-neil-et-al-appellants-v-st-louis-county-et-al-respondents-111474","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":32,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"},{"caseId":"moappd:ed111491:2024-04-09","opinionId":"9156e0d3-ff21-5a0a-bb28-bbc25997de07","slug":"tony-woolfolk-et-al-appellants-v-st-louis-county-et-al-respondents-111491","caseName":"Tony Woolfolk, et al., Appellants, vs. St. Louis County, et al., Respondents.","caseNumber":"ED111491","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2024-04-09","year":2024,"display_summary":"Tony Woolfolk's family sued St. Louis County police officers for wrongful death after Woolfolk, a passenger, died in a high-speed police chase that ended in a crash. The trial court granted summary judgment for the officers, finding no duty, no proximate causation, and protection under official immunity and the public duty doctrine. The appellate court affirmed, holding that police officers do not owe a statutory or common law duty of care to voluntary passengers in a fleeing vehicle.","primaryTopic":"negligence","topicSlugs":["negligence","civil-procedure","summary-judgment","governmental-immunity","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=207115","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/tony-woolfolk-et-al-appellants-v-st-louis-county-et-al-respondents-111491","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":32,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"},{"caseId":"mo:sc91228:2011-06-28","opinionId":"56b2973c-d945-5348-82bb-ab967c44ff98","slug":"st-louis-county-et-al-appellants-v-prestige-travel-inc-et-al-respondents-c91228","caseName":"St. Louis County, et al., Appellants vs. Prestige Travel, Inc., et al., Respondents.","caseNumber":"SC91228","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2011-06-28","year":2011,"display_summary":null,"primaryTopic":null,"topicSlugs":[],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=47571","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/st-louis-county-et-al-appellants-v-prestige-travel-inc-et-al-respondents-c91228","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":20,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"}],"role":"appellant"}]}