Opinion

Harrell v. Total Health Care, Inc.

  • 781 S.W.2d 58
  • 1989 Mo. LEXIS 129
  • 1989 WL 150239
Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Filed
Dec 12, 1989
Status
Published
Author
Higgins
On the bench
Blackmar, Robertson, Morgan, Crist, Rendlen, Billings, Higgins, Covington, Holstein
Cited by
17 cases

legislative elimination of all causes of action for medical malpractice against health service corporations was a valid exercise of legislative discretion to change the substantive common law

How later courts described this case

  • legislative elimination of all causes of action for medical malpractice against health service corporations was a valid exercise of legislative discretion to change the substantive common law

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

HIGGINS, Judge,

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

I concur in part I of the majority opinion because I find no case stated by plaintiff against this defendant. I dissent from part II of the opinion because I find no reason to reach the constitutional challenge.

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