133252P.pdf   03/17/2015  Argonaut Great Central Ins.  v.  Audrain County Joint
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-3252
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Hannibal   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Colloton and Gruender, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Torts. The court had jurisdiction in this interlocutory 
   appeal over the question of whether defendant's purchase of insurance 
   waived the common law sovereign immunity it might otherwise have under Mo. 
   Rev. Stat. Sec. 537.600; the court lacked jurisdiction to address the 
   question of whether defendant's purchase of insurance also waived any 
   statutory immunity it might have under Mo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 190.307 as a 
   911 call center, as that statute does not extend to defendant a 
   substantive right to be free from the burdens of litigation; the district 
   court did not err in determining that defendant did not present sufficient 
   evidence that it and its insurer had a pre-existing agreement to attach a 
   sovereign immunity endorsement to the insurance policy and made a mutual 
   mistake when they failed to do so; the district court did not err, 
   therefore in determining defendant waived the common law sovereign 
   immunity provided by Sec. 537.600 through the purchase of insurance. 
  
133252P.pdf   02/11/2015  Argonaut Great Central Ins.  v.  Audrain County Joint
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-3252
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Hannibal   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Colloton and Gruender, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Torts. In suit alleging defendant's negligence in monitoring 
   a private security firm's alarm panels resulting in damages to Argonuat's 
   insured, the court had jurisdiction in this interlocutory appeal over the 
   question of whether defendant's purchase of insurance waived the common 
   law sovereign immunity it might otherwise enjoy under Mo. Rev. Stat. 
   Section 537.600; the court lacked jurisdiction to address the question 
   whether defendant's purchase of insurance also waived any statutory 
   immunity it might enjoy under Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 190.307 as a 911 call 
   center as the statutory section does not extend defendant a substantive 
   right to be free from the burdens of litigation; with respect to the issue 
   of common law sovereign immunity, the district court did not err in 
   finding defendant had not presented sufficient evidence of a pre-existing 
   agreement with its insurer to attach a sovereign immunity endorsement to 
   the policy; as a result, the district court's finding that defendant had 
   waived the immunity provided by the statute through its insurance purchase 
   is affirmed.