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Recent amendments to Missouri’s interpleader statute (RSMo § 507.060) provide significant protection for liability insurers seeking to avoid risky, time-consuming, and expensive excess litigation. However, the new amendments pose new questions and a thoughtful litigation and claims handling strategy is imperative. Liability insurers often encounter…
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On Wednesday, Governor Parson signed into law Senate Bill 224, which will bring the Missouri Supreme Court Rules into closer alignment with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In addition, he signed into law Senate Bill No. 7 which places limitations on Missouri’s existing joinder…
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In this final installment of our four-part series, we analyze areas in which the Missouri Supreme Court Rules do not align with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the implications on Missouri trial practice.   Expert Discovery Unlike FRCP 26(b)(4), the existing Missouri rules…
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Last week, Capes Sokol’s Litigation Group discussed legislation recently passed by the Missouri Legislature that is designed to bring the Missouri Supreme Court Rules more closely aligned with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”).  Today we want to examine the proposed addition of Rule…
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Last week, Capes Sokol’s Litigation Group outlined some potential significant changes to Missouri’s joinder and venue laws (Senate Bill No. 7). In this second of a multi-part series, we discuss Senate Bill No. 224, which would enact key provisions of the Missouri Supreme Court Rules…
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The Missouri Legislature concluded its 2019 session with the passage of two bills that, if signed by Governor Michael Parson, would limit Missouri’s existing joinder and venue rules (Senate Bill No. 7) and limit discovery under the Missouri Supreme Court Rules (Senate Bill No. 224).…
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The Missouri Supreme Court has held that permissive joinder of separate claims cannot extend venue to a county when, absent joinder, venue in that county would not be proper for each claim. In State ex rel. Johnson & Johnson v. Burlison, No. SC 96704, 2019…
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