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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Labarbera v. Malec, 540 S.W.3d 903 (2018)

Citation
Labarbera v. Malec, 540 S.W.3d 903 (2018)
Parent Document
Labarbera v. Malec, 540 S.W.3d 903 (2018)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
2018-03-06

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On August 22, 2013, Defendant died. On August 23, 2013, Plaintiff filed a one-count wrongful death negligence claim against Defendant alleging that on August 24, 2010, Decedent was sleeping at the Property when a fire started. Plaintiff alleged Decedent was not alerted the fire had started because the batteries had been removed from the smoke detectors in the Property. Plaintiff claimed that as a result Decedent was not awoken with enough time to exit the Property, and she died from smoke inhalation. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant was negligent because Defendant failed to maintain operable smoke detectors in the Property.