Section 34 Pleadings Must Be Detailed and Specific

• Library: Prof Liability 2005

The area of knowledge or notice required for tort liability seems to turn on detailed and specific pleading in the petition. Scheibel v. Hillis, 531 S.W.2d 285 (Mo. banc 1976), was distinguished in Thwing v. Reeder, 987 S.W.2d 347 (Mo. App. E.D. 1998) (Blackmar, J.), in which a party guest was shot by a party crasher. The victim then sued the hosts of the key party for negligence, relying on appeal on Scheibel.The court held that Scheibel involved an invited person of known violent and unstable...