First Student, Inc., Appellant, and Tomika L. Richardson Missouri Cases

D.J., a child, was struck by a passing car after exiting a school bus operated by First Student, Inc. The jury found First Student directly negligent for failing to provide its substitute driver with sufficient route information, awarding D.J. $1.3 million, but found for First Student and the driver on a claim regarding a reasonably safe drop-off location. First Student appealed the denial of its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The appellate court affirmed, concluding that First Student owed an independent duty to provide route information, the passing car's actions were a foreseeable contributing cause, and neither the McGinnis doctrine nor the McHaffie rule precluded liability.