Section 27 Special Relationship

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

The court in Reed v. Hercules Construction Co., 693 S.W.2d 280
(Mo. App. E.D. 1985), stated that “[a] ‘special relationship’ exists when one entrusts himself to the protection of another and reasonably relies on the other to provide a place of safety,” as with an innkeeper-guest relationship. Id. at 282 (citing Nappier v. Kincade, 666 S.W.2d 858, 861 (Mo. App.
E.D. 1984); Virginia D. v. Madesco Inv. Corp., 648 S.W.2d 881, 885 (Mo. banc 1983)).

The court in Reed found no special relationship based on the...