Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Jul 17, 2024
DAVID RAYMOND CADY, ET AL, Appellants v. CITY OF MALDEN, MISSOURI, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ET AL, Respondents
David Raymond Cady's next friends sued the City of Malden, a dispatcher, and an officer for wrongful death and negligent supervision after Cady committed suicide in jail. The trial court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss based on official immunity. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the duties of monitoring a prisoner and walking a prisoner to a cell were discretionary, not ministerial, and therefore the official immunity doctrine applied.