Supreme Court of Missouri
City of Harrisonville, Missouri, Respondent/Cross-Appellant v. the Board of Trustees of the MO Petroleum Storage…
December 20, 2022
Summary
The Supreme Court of Missouri reversed the circuit court's $8 million punitive damages judgment against the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund, holding that the board is a state agency entitled to sovereign immunity and that the city’s fraud claim is barred. The court also affirmed that the board did not waive immunity by failing to assert it earlier.