Wilkes v. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission

How courts have described this case

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• holding an act abrogating sovereign immunity provides a remedy for a cause of action already existing for which redress could not be had
• explaining that § 537.600 does not create a new cause of action, but provides for a remedy for a cause of action already existing, which could not otherwise be maintained because of sovereign immunity
• finding that an act abrogating sovereign immunity may be applied retroactively because it does not create a new cause of action but provides a remedy for a cause of action already existing
• reversing a summary judgment in favor of defendant based on a petition alleging the failure to erect signs warning plaintiff of an allegedly dangerous condi tion
• finding a dangerous condition when a bridge was situated so as to surprise approaching motorists
• finding dangerous condition where bridge situated so as to surprise approaching motorists

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