Wrongful death lawsuit over Moniteau County crash moved to Miller County
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A wrongful death lawsuit involving a Moniteau County crash was moved to Miller County on Tuesday.
The parents of Deborah Kay Coville filed a wrongful death lawsuit against John Kendrick and Moniteau County on Aug. 29 after Coville died from injuries she suffered in a crash on Aug. 5.
The petition alleges that Kendrick did not stop at a stop sign or yield to Coville’s Chevy Lumina as she drove eastbound on Lookout Trail. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says the driver of the dump truck failed to yield to the Chevrolet.
Both drivers wore seatbelts in the crash, the report says. Coville was flown to University Hospital with serious injuries that day and later died on Aug. 12, the petition says.
Kendrick previously argued that because he is a public employee and is entitled to protection for “discretionary” acts.
The date for the next hearing has not been announced.