BUTALA v. CURATORS OF UNIV. OF MISSOURI

No. SC 98517.

620 S.W.3d 89 (2021)

Elizabeth BUTALA, et al., Appellants, v. The CURATORS OF the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued April 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The patients were represented by Edward D. Robertson III , Kelly C. Frickleton , James P. Frickleton and Michelle L. Marvel of Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader PC in Leawood, Kansas, (913) 266-2300; and Todd N. Hendrickson of Hendrickson Law in Kirkwood, (314) 721-8833.

The curators were represented by Darci F. Madden , Jeffrey S. Russell and Jonathan B. Potts of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP in St. Louis, (314) 259-2000; Robert M. Thompson of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP in Kansas City, (816) 374-3200; and John L. Roark and Beth Findley of Smith Lewis LLP in Columbia, (573) 443-3141.


Appellants, Mizzou BioJoint patients (together with their spouses, the "plaintiffs"), sued individual doctors and the curators of the University of Missouri for injuries associated with unsuccessful surgeries the BioJoint patients underwent. The plaintiffs alleged the doctors had committed several torts and alleged negligent misrepresentation...

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