STODDARD v. COCKRUM

Civ. A. No. 80-3311-CV-S.

531 F.Supp. 663 (1982)

Alton STODDARD, Personal Representative for the Estate of Nancy Lee Robison, and Ruth A. Cole, as Guardian and Successor Conservator of Harold Lee Robison, Kimberly M. Robison, Roscoe W. Robison, Jr., and Roxanne R. Robison, Minors, Plaintiffs, v. Lyle Stanley COCKRUM, T. E. (Eugene) Harris, Norma Harris, E. M. (Essary) Warren and Ima Jean Warren, d/b/a Harris Trucking Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, S. D.

February 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Price, William H. McDonald, Woolsey, Fisher, Whiteaker, McDonald & Ansley, Springfield, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Donald E. Woody, Springfield, Mo., for defendant Cockrum.

Frank M. Evans III, Miller, Sanford, Joyner, Westbrooke & Charles, Springfield, Mo., for defendants Harris and Warren.


ORDER ON PENDING MOTIONS

COLLINSON, District Judge.

The Court is presently occupied with two related questions which require interpretation of the substantive law governing the Missouri Wrongful Death Act. One question requires us to pass upon the retroactive applicability of an amendment to the statute of limitations provision of the Missouri Wrongful Death Act, Mo.Rev.Stat. 537.080 (1978). The other seeks to...

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