Rachel Sender Missouri Cases

Rachel Sender sued the City of St. Louis for negligence after a bicycle accident on a bike path, alleging a defect. The circuit court dismissed her claims, finding the bike path was a "thoroughfare" requiring statutory notice under section 82.210, and her notice was insufficient. On appeal, the Supreme Court affirmed. It held that the bike path is indeed a thoroughfare under the statute, but it could not review the sufficiency of Sender's notice because she failed to provide the necessary evidentiary hearing transcript in the record on appeal.

Rachel Sender sued the City of St. Louis for injuries sustained after wrecking her bicycle on a bike path, alleging negligence and premises liability. The trial court dismissed her petition, finding her notice to the City insufficient under Section 82.210, RSMo. The appellate court reversed and remanded, holding that a bike path is a "thoroughfare" under the statute, and the City failed to establish that Sender's notice was so misleading as to prejudice its ability to investigate or defend.