SSM Health Care St. Louis v. Schneider

CLIFFORD H. AHRENS, Judge.

SSM Health Care St. Louis d/b/a St. Joseph Health Center (“Relator”) filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking to compel the Honorable Nancy Schneider, Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri (“Respondent”), to dismiss without prejudice a medical malpractice suit filed by Michael Bishop (“Plaintiff’) for his failure to timely file a health care affidavit as required by section 538.225 RSMo Cum.Supp.2005. 1 The preliminary order in mandamus is made absolute.

Plaintiff filed a medical malpractice action naming Relator as a defendant on January…