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STATE EX REL. LESTER E. COX MED. CTR. v. KEET

Nos. 65440, 65536.

678 S.W.2d 813 (1984)

STATE ex rel. LESTER E. COX MEDICAL CENTER, Relator, v. Hon. James H. KEET, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Greene County, Respondent. STATE ex rel. NEWT WAKEMAN, M.D., INC. and J.N. Wakeman, Jr., M.D., Relators, v. Hon. James H. KEET, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Greene County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald N. Lowther, Springfield, for relator Cox Medical Center.

Gail Frederick, Springfield, for relator Wakeman.

Victor A. Bergman, Ruth M. Benien, Merriam, Kan., John W. Sims, Marshfield, for respondent Keet.

James Bartimus, Kansas City, for amicus Mo. Trial Attys.

Lori J. Levine, Gerald M. Sill, Jefferson City, for amicus Mo. Hosp. Ass'n.

RENDLEN, Chief Justice.

These consolidated proceedings in prohibition arise from an underlying medical malpractice action filed by Freda R. Ferguson seeking damages for the death of her husband, Larry Ferguson, resulting from the alleged negligence of J.N. Wakeman, Jr., Newt Wakeman, M.D., Inc., and the Lester E. Cox Medical Center (Cox). Plaintiff in the underlying suit alleges the following: On June 8, 1979, plaintiff's husband was admitted to Cox for treatment...

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