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STATE EX REL. KNIPSCHILD v. BELLAMY

Nos. 62539, 62513, 62594.

615 S.W.2d 38 (1981)

STATE of Missouri, ex rel. Bedford F. KNIPSCHILD, M.D., Relator, v. Honorable William T. BELLAMY, Jr., Judge, Circuit Court, Saline County, Respondent. STATE of Missouri, ex rel. Michael A. FIGURA, D.P.M., Relator, v. Honorable Milton A. SAITZ, Judge, Division 17, Circuit Court, County of St. Louis, Respondent. STATE of Missouri, ex rel. BARNES HOSPITAL, Relator, v. Honorable Carl R. GAERTNER, Judge, Circuit Court, City of St. Louis, Division I, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Shepherd, John S. Sandberg, Steven P. Sanders, St. Louis, for relator, in No. 62594.

Sumner, Hanlon, Sumner, McDonald & Nouss, P. C., Richard E. Coughlin, Clayton, for respondent, in No. 62594.

James J. Amelung, Stephen D. Hoyne, Amelung, Wulff & Willenbrock, St. Louis, for relator, No. 62513.

Deeba, DeStefana, Sauter & Herd, James B. Herd, Edward V. Ward, St. Louis, for respondent, in No. 62513.

Morris, Larson, King, Stamper & Bold, Roy A. Larson, David E. Larson, Kansas City, for relator, in No. 62539.

Robert L. Wehrman, June Clark, Polsinelli, White & Schulte, Kansas City, for respondent, in No. 62539.

PER CURIAM:

By Chapter 538, RSMo Supp. 1976, (§ 538.010 thru 538.080) effective January 1, 1977, the General Assembly provided for the establishment of a Professional Liability Review Board (Board) to examine, inter alia, malpractice claims against "health care providers" including hospitals as well as physicians. Before such claims could be filed in any court, plaintiffs were required to first travel through...

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