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SKAGGS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER v. POWERS

No. SD 32741.

419 S.W.3d 920 (2014)

SKAGGS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Respondent, v. Tammie M. POWERS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

February 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Brown , Douglas, Haun & Heidemann, P.C., Bolivar, for Appellant.

Richard L. Schnake , Neal & Newman, LLP, Springfield, Matthew F. Trokey , Cantwell, Smith & Trokey, LLP, Branson, for Respondent.

DANIEL E. SCOTT, J.

Could a creditor, having partially assigned a claim to a third party for collection per RSMo § 425.300, still sue and recover on the claim? We find, here, that it could.

The Statute

Text unchanged since at least 1992, § 425.300 reads as follows:

Collection agencies may take assignment of claims in their own name as real parties in interest for the purpose of billing and collection and bringing suit in their...

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