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STATE EX REL., NORMANDY ORTHOPEDICS v. CRANDALL

No. 60678.

581 S.W.2d 829 (1979)

STATE of Missouri ex rel., NORMANDY ORTHOPEDICS, INC., and William F. Luebbert, D.O., and William E. Button, D.O., Relators, v. William H. CRANDALL, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court, County of St. Louis, Division One, and His Successors as Judges of Said Division, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pitzer, R. E. Keaney, Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary, Jaeckel, Keaney & Brown, St. Louis, for relators-appellants.

George R. Gerhard, William Kelleher, St. Louis, for respondents.

RENDLEN, Judge.

This is prohibition. The Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis (now Eastern) District, transferred the cause under Rule 83.02 after opinion, that we might reexamine the following question: Under what conditions does an injured party's general release of an original tortfeasor operate to bar such party's action against subsequent tortfeasors for alleged malpractice in the treatment of the original injuries?

The facts are not in dispute. A one...

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