Section 32 Intentional Mental State

• Library: Prof Liability 2005

The Gibson v. Brewer, 952 S.W.2d 239 (Mo. banc 1997), Court noted that the intent requirement for a church supervisor is that the supervisor “desires to cause consequences of his act, or that he believes that the consequences are substantially certain to result from it” or “‘knows that the consequences are certain, or substantially certain, to result’ from his act.” Gibson, 952 S.W.2d at 248 (citing Restatement (Second) of Torts § 8A (1965)). This mental state for a Gibson case is complicated by...