Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 538 · 11 active provisions
As used in sections 538.205 to 538.230*, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Catastrophic personal injury", a physical injury resulting in: (a) Quadriplegia defined as the permanent loss of functional use of all four limbs; (b) Paraplegia defined as the permanent loss of functional use of two limbs; (c) Loss of two or…
1. A statutory cause of action for damages against a health care provider for personal injury or death arising out of the rendering of or failure to render health care services is hereby created, replacing any such common law cause of action. The elements of such cause of action are that the health care provider failed…
1. In any action against a health care provider for damages for personal injury or death arising out of the rendering of or the failure to render health care services, any damages found shall be itemized by the trier of fact as follows: (1) Past economic damages; (2) Past noneconomic damages; (3) Future medical damages…
1. In any action against a health care provider for damages for personal injury or death arising out of the rendering of or the failure to render health care services, past damages shall be payable in a lump sum. 2. At the request of any party to such action made prior to the entry of judgment, the court shall include…
1. In any action against a health care provider for damages for personal injury or death on account of the rendering of or failure to render health care services, the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney shall file an affidavit with the court stating that he or she has obtained the written opinion of a legally qualifi…
Any physician licensed under chapter 334 who provides medical treatment to a patient at a city or county health department organized under chapter 192 or chapter 205, a city health department operating under a city charter, a combined city-county health department, or a nonprofit community health center or other nonpro…
1. The portion of statements, writings, or benevolent gestures expressing sympathy or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering, or death of a person and made to that person or to the family of that person shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability in a civil action. However, no…
In any action against a health care provider for damages for personal injury or death arising out of the rendering of or the failure to render health care services, for purposes of determining venue under section 508.010, the plaintiff shall be considered injured by the health care provider only in the county where the…
The provisions of sections 538.205 to 538.230 shall apply only to causes of actions arising on or after February 3, 1986.
The provisions of section 260.552, sections 537.068 and 537.117, and 537.760 to 537.765, and subsections 2 and 3 of section 408.040 shall not apply to actions under sections 538.205 to 538.230.
The provisions of this act*, except for section 512.099, shall apply to all causes of action filed after August 28, 2005.